Malaysiakini compares the key news and views in major newspapers. What is today's agenda for the English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil newspapers?

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English newspapers

Star and The Sun continued to follow up on the development over the confirmation by Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Ramli Yusoff that he was the top cop being investigated for allegedly having RM27 million in assets.

Star said Ramli is expected to be charged at the Sessions Court today for not disclosing all information on his assets in his sworn statement while The Sun reported on the Anti-Corruption Agency's move yesterday to question two of his sisters in relation to the matter.

New Straits Times front-paged Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's call for religious tolerance.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian both highlighted the calls by the premier on religious tolerance.

Utusan Malaysia also believed Ramli will be charged in court today while Berita Harian front-paged a study which showed many toys in the market appear to have high levels of lead content.

Chinese newspapers

Sin Chew Daily reported on top cop Ramli expected to be charged in court today. Oriental Daily News posed the question on whether Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim's term, expires today, will be extended.

Nanyang Siang Pau highlighted a new law to take effect from Jan 1 next year which will among others, allows for water supply to be cut off if consumers refuse to pay sewerage charges.

Tamil newspapers

Both Makkal Osai and Tamil Nesan continued with their coverage on the temple demolition in Shah Alam on Tuesday.

The dailies also carried a strong-worded remark from MIC president S Samy Vellu asking the state governments not to demolish temples.

Editorial

The Sun called for an independent probe into Ramli's claim against key government institutions, including the leak of confidential information.

The NST said it would be a "difficult decision" on whether to restore English as a medium of instruction in schools, a decision which was reported to be due end of the year.

Utusan Malaysia called for actions on illegal workers so that Malaysia would not be a "heaven for illegal workers" while Berita Harian said a trained village head will be able to help in generating human capital.

Sin Chew Daily called for judicial reform while Nanyang Siang Pau said the recent spate of problems in government agencies are due to the three branches of government not functioning properly.

Oriental Daily News said national carrier Malaysian Airlines should carry out reform in the face of a tough competition in the airlines industry.