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

Front Page

English newspapers

New Straits Times front-paged that peace talks have begun between Israeli and Palestinian leaders amid fresh West Bank violence.

Star featured news that the authorities are all set for the balik kampung exodus, which begins today ahead of Hari Raya Aidilfitri next week.  

Malay newspapers

Utusan Malaysia headlined that the two million-odd Indonesian workers in Malaysia have rejected Indonesian anti-Malaysia group Bendera’s call for them to return to their homeland.

Berita Harian led with news that Ampang Jaya Municipal Council enforcement director Abdul Kudus Ahmad has been acquitted of graft charges preferred against him seven years ago.   

Sinar Harian gave prominence to news that Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim has pinned down the individuals said to have placed a spy camera in his office.

Editorial

New Straits Times felt that Internet users should practice self-regulation and not take freedom as a licence to defame or offend.

This is in light of the charging of a blogger over a satirical piece on Tenaga Nasional Berhad yesterday.