The major dailies today front-paged photos of Lance Corporal Rohaniza Roslan, the prosecution's star witness in the Altantuya murder trial. The policewoman was yesterday accused of lying in court.

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English newspapers

The Star's front page had a photo of a crying Rohaniza below the heading 'Move to impeach'. The former girlfriend of one of the accused, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, Rohaniza is currently facing charges of perjury and may be impeached. According to the prosecution yesterday, there are currently four areas of contradiction between Rohaniza's 16-page written statement and her evidence during examination. Justice Mohd Zaki Md Yasin adjourned the impeachment proceedings for later today.

The New Straits Times displayed a photo of Rohaniza above a caption that read "Shocking About Face". The English daily also headlined a recent decision by government and local authorities to share the cost of garbage collection.

The Sun also headlined Rohaniza's possible impeachment.

Malay newspapers

Berita Harian's headlines focused on the prosecution's decision to impeach Rohaniza. The daily also printed a short summary of yesterday's courtroom proceedings, including Rohaniza's statement that she saw Altantuya Shaariibuu leave the Bukit Aman police headquarters in a four-wheel Suzuki Vitara, driven by a man in a green hat.

Utusan Malaysia's frontpage questioned the identity of the "Mystery Man" who brought Altantuya away from the Bukit Aman headquarters. The man, said to be wearing a green hat, is a key part of Rohaniza's statement.

Chinese newspapers

Sin Chew Daily headlined the immediate implementation of a 3 sen increase in cigarette taxes.

Like the major English dailies, the Nan Yang Siang Pau frontpaged Rohaniza's probable investigation adding that her testimony contradicted her police statement.

Guang Ming Daily's headlines reported an alleged conspiracy of a maid to kill her employer. The maid apparently collaborated with an outsider.

Oriental Daily headlined Megan Media Holdings Berhad's 1.2 billion fourth quarter loss.

Tamil newspapers

Malaysia Nanban led with a story on the total number of Indians working in the civil service. It quoted Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as saying that there were 36,320 Indian working in various capacity in the public service. There are some 1.2 million civil servants in the country.

Tamil Nesan also had a similar story in its front page but it's lead news was on the setting up of wage councils by the government to determine if there should be a minimum wage for the private sector workers.

Nanban also ran a story on businessman KS Nallakaruppan who challenged PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali in proving that he (Nallakaruppan) had not brought in Indian members to PKR. Even party leader Anwar Ibrahim openly appreciated the number of people I brought in, said Nallakaruppan.

Editorial

Berita Harian today urged the public not to be fooled by a SMS scam that promised easy money without hard work. A recent SMS scam utilizing names of popular local reality shows and well-known companies has cheated Malaysian citizens out of their hard-earned savings. The editorial also encouraged the victims to help police officers with their investigations.

The New Straits Times suggested the implementation of an "opt out" organ donor procedure like Singapore's. The editorial lamented the superstitious or selfish Malaysian mindset about organ donation that currently has 15,500 kidney transplant patients and 300 liver patients in suspense. With an "opt out" procedure, one will be assumed an organ donor unless objections are raised with the health authorities.

Makkal Osai commented on the role played credit tip-off agency CTOS in blacklisting consumers based on their credit-worthiness. The daily said CTOS was not a mini-Bank Negara to offer such services.