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 led with news that the teachers’ union and parents are against the Education Ministry’s proposal to have weekend classes and tuition for students weak in English.

Star headlined that Malaysians will be able to complaint about misconduct of enforcement officers when the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) starts its operations in September.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian gave prominence to a report that the Election Commission will no longer allow polling agents to bring in mobile phones into counting centres at the 13th general election to avoid them leaking unofficial results, leading to confusion.

Utusan Malaysia led with a special report which estimated that 25 percent of schoolchildren will be obese in 2020.

Sinar Harian shone its spotlight on the acid splasher who is terrorising the Klang Valley with 23 cases so far, warning that the perpetrator mostly targets women.   

Editorial

New Straits Times called for more reasoned discussion about the Lynas rare earth plant in Gebeng, rather than protests and fear-mongering like on Sunday when a demonstration led to arrests.

Berita Harian urged the authorities to preserve the deteriorating estate of the late nationalist Za’ba. The daily yesterday reported that Za’ba’s decendents claim that his belongings placed in a memorial in Negri Sembilan have gone missing due to the lackadaisical attitude of caretakers.  

Utusan said that youths should be encouraged to join associations so that they will not be led astray by immoral activities and jeopardise the nation’s future.