A Selangor MP has hit out at the state government for its repeated complaints of sabotage against its water pumping efforts, stating that it was behaving like a helpless civilian instead of a government.

DAP's Klang MP Charles Santiago said the state government has the authority to deploy its own security personnel instead of using it as an excuse to justify the state's water woes.

"Why are you complaining... You are behaving like a civilian, but you are the government.

"You can place officers from the Kuala Selangor local council there for 24 hours a day. Stop finding excuses," he told a press conference in Klang this morning.

Charles was asked to respond to fresh reports today about renewed attempts to sabotage water pumping efforts at Bestari Jaya early this morning.

The pumping of water in Sungai Selangor is a contingency move to supplement the upstream dam, which is at a critically low level caused by the prolonged nationwide dry spell over the past months.

Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim posted on Facebook, "Water supply was sabotaged again early this morning. Police is urged to swiftly investigate and put a stop to this treacherous act that affects the rakyat."

This is reportedly the second such incident since last Sunday.

In a response later today, Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) director Md Khairi Selamat said the state government has beefed up security in the area.

"Luas has enlisted the services of Rela as an additional effort to ensure the safety of operations at the alternative ponds on top of the police," he said in a statement today.

Meanwhile, state exco Ahmad Yunus Hairi in a separate statement said in the 2.30am incident, six power packs for the pumps at the site were damaged and all their cables were slashed.

"However, the sabotage did not disrupt raw water supply to the treatment plants," he said.

Ahmad said a police report has been lodged and urged the authorities to ensure there will not be a repeat of the incident.

'Pakatan not consulted, again'

On a related matter, Charles said the Pakatan Rakyat has always been in favour of restructuring the state's water industry, when asked to comment on Khalid's signing of a heads of agreement with the federal government yesterday.

However, he said Khalid did so with no consultation with the state's ruling coalition.

"Pakatan has appointed a number of people to be consulted with before any formal decision is made, but the state government never consulted them.

"The concern is what has exactly been signed in the agreement," he said, warning that the document would likely be classified under the Official's Secrets Act (OSA) which goes against Pakatan's principle of openness.

He said this lack of transparency raises questions whether Selangorians were getting a fair deal.

Abdul Khalid yesterday signed the agreement with Putrajaya for the takeover of the state's water industry as well as the Langat 2 water treatment plant project.