Journalists covering the Parliament beat this morning were greeted by a water leak in the media room, yet again, after a heavy downpour.

After half an hour of the parliamentary sitting, the roof near the fuse box in the media room started to leak.

parliament building leak media room 210808 01 The leak caused three television sets in the room to malfunction, resulting in technicians being brought in to fix the problem - both the television sets as well as the leak.

The parliamentary sitting today was however not interrupted by the incident.

There have been numerous leak incidents involving the 47-year-old building in the past despite Works Minister Mohd Zin Mohamed's assurance three months ago that it would not happen again.

As the words started to spread on the latest leak incident, three DAP parliamentarians came and inspected the media room, expressing their shock and disappointment.

'This is fourth world management'

DAP leader Lim Kit Siang said that it has been a strange series of leaking incidents despite many renovations on the government-owned building.

parliament building leak media room 210808 05 "This is very strange, as far as I am concerned, the Parliament building has been renovated many times, yet leaks still occur," he said.

Lim, who was accompanied by two other DAP parliamentarians Chong Eng (DAP-Bukit Mertajam) and Fong Kui Lun (DAP-Bukit Bintang), said that the leak smeared the image of becoming 'first world Parliament'.

"It has been said that this place is a first world Parliament, but leaks keep occurring. This shows that we have a fourth class management," Lim told the reporters.

The cleaning staff then took about 15 minutes to clear the affected area after the opposition parliamentarians left the room.