Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the newspapers?

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English newspapers

New Straits Times and Star reported that Tourism Ministry director-general Mirza Muhammad Taiyab had been charged with criminal breach of trust, alongside two former officers from the ministry's subsidiary Pempena Sdn Bhd.

NST also reported that Deputy Federal Territories Minister M. Saravanan has denied allegations that he had supplied college girls for sex to prominent people.

The claims were based on a police report by an 'opposition man' who received a letter from a victim in an incident which occurred in 2000 and 2001.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian and Utusan Malaysia also featured the legal action against Mirza and two others.

Utusan also front-paged that Perak mufti Harussani Zakaria has declined to name the political party behind the ‘new federal constitution', in a bid to avoid further tensions.

Harussani had earlier revealed that the ‘new constitution' denies the rights of Malays and Muslims as now guaranteed by the federal constitution.

Sinar Harian led with news that Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has failed to throw out the sodomy charge against him, when the Kuala Lumpur High Court rejected his striking out application yesterday.

Editorial

New Straits Times said the call for a needs-based instead of race-based affirmative action policy MCA's Chinese Economic Congress last weekend is not new. However, it would be a challenge to find a way to create a level playing field, without causing imbalances.

Berita Harian called for stakeholders to weigh in on the proposal to hire female bus conductors for school buses to ensure the safety of the passengers, as this will increase the fares.

Utusan opined that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission should not be a bin for baseless complaints by opportunistic parties, as this will slow down its work.