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

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English newspapers

Star highlighted the protest by Indonesian nationalist group Bendera at the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta yesterday.

New Strait Times led with news of immigration detention camps being revamped in the next three months to ensure separate camps for men, women and ‘hard-core’ detainees.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia’s focus was on a father who suffers from mental illness and who killed his three-year-old son yesterday.

Sinar Harian highlighted the views of Selangor Islamic Department director Mohamed Khusrin Munawi on nikah gantung - where a marriage is solemnised, but the couple does not live together until a later date.

He said there is no such concept in Islam and it is not a solution in cases of baby dumping.

Berita Harian reported Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud’s claim that he is ready to step down if his services are no longer needed.
     
Editorial

New Straits Times said it is time for a systematic overhaul and infrastructure upgrade in detention camps, along with a more enlightened approach to handling detainees.

Berita Harian commented on survey findings that Malaysia is the 37th best country in the world, saying that this is credit to Najib Abdul Razak’s successful leadership.

Utusan Malaysia urged the Indonesian government to act against those who protested at the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta.