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

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English newspapers

New Straits Times and Star headlined Anwar Ibrahim's refusal to give a statement to the police on the sodomy complaint.

Sharing the headlines was the ‘phantom’ rally that induced traffic jams due to ‘pre-emptive’ police roadblocks.

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian led with Anwar's defiance and options open to the police, including arresting the PKR de facto leader.

Chinese newspapers

Sin Chew Daily and Nanyang Siang Pau front-paged the possibility that Anwar could be arrested for failure to comply with a police order.

China Press and Oriental Daily News highlighted the rejection of Pakatan Rakyat’s no-confidence motion and a walkout by opposition parliamentarians.

Tamil newspapers

Tamil Nesan, Malaysia Nanban

and Makkal Osai all reported on the failed emergency motion of no confidence against premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Editorial

New Straits Times urged the Anti-Corruption Agency to root out the crooked, given recent allegations against top immigration officials.

Utusan Malaysia

viewed the push for a no-confidence motion as giving the impression that opposition lawmakers had previously been confident in the prime minister's leadership.

Berita Harian criticised the rally-that-wasn’t as having caused much nuisance to road users, who had to endure lengthy traffic jams.

Sin Chew Daily urged the private sector to reduce the use of foreign labour.

Nanyang Siang Pau expressed hope that additional counter-inflation measures - due to be announced on Friday - will bring good news to citizens.

China Press

denounced police over-reaction in preventing a possible protest outside Parliament House yesterday.

Oriental Daily News claimed that problematic implementation of windfall tax on oil palm smallholders is a sign of administrative inefficiency.

Malaysia Nanban questioned whether MIC and those behind Makkal Sakthi will be able to resolve their differences.

Makkal Osai

commented on urban poverty, after Abdullah’s announcement that hardcore poverty would be eradicated by 2010.