Headlines online: Nov 6, 2009
The Star frontpaged checks on slopes for risk of landslides by Public Works Department district engineers during the monsoon season.
Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?
Front Page
English newspapers
The Star frontpaged checks on slopes for risk of landslides by Public Works Department district engineers during the monsoon season.
New Straits Times led with the mass resignation of MCA's five-man disciplinary board following the Registrar of Societies' decision to reinstate Dr Chua Soi Lek as deputy president.
Also headlined by New Straits Times, Zaid Ibrahim and Anthony Loke has been confirmed by a senior party insider to be in the list of pro-tem committee members submitted by Pakatan Rakyat to the Registrar of Societies.
Malay newspapers
Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian both headlined the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision to grant Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra judgment in default against his estranged wife Manohara Odelia Pinot.
Utusan also led with the Health ministry's setting up of surveillance teams in each state to detect and monitor all cases of the H1N1 flu.
Chinese newspapers
Oriental Daily News and Sin Chew Daily headlined former transport minister Chan Kong Choy's announcement that he will be coming back from overseas to help in the investigations of the PKFZ scandal.
China Press and Nanyang Siang Pau headlined the death of a robber. He was being pursued by his victim driving the car.
Editorial
New Straits Times questioned the need for Kelantan's PAS to claim ownership on oil and gas resources that rightfully belongs to the nation.
Berita Harian said that wang ehsan - a gratuity granted to states where national offshore petroleum resources come ashore - would benefit the Kelantan people.
Nanyang Siang Pau urges the Government to take firm action against those who are involved in serious corruption cases, such as PKFZ.
China Press called on the public to be aware of a second wave of A(H1N1) epidemic.
Sin Chew Daily commented that the PKFZ scandal is a typical example of institutional corruption.

