I refer to the Malaysiakini report Stadium roof collapses in Kuala T'ganu .

There is a need for a genuinely independent specialist committee to investigate the roof collapse of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Gong Badak, Kuala Terengganu.

Once the causes of the collapse have been identified, the report should be submitted to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament.

The people are no longer surprised at the repeated problems arising from public projects. Cracks, collapses, leakages and so forth are now commonplace. There has been criminal wastage of public funds.

The stadium was completed by the main contractors, Bina Struktur Sdn Bhd, Emarcon Sdn Bhd and Genggam Mercu in April, 2008. It cost RM292 million. Fortunately, the disaster caused no death or injuries.

We have experienced major problems with public projects, starting from the repeated roof leakages of the Parliament building, the long-delayed Matrade building, the repeated cracks of on the Kepong MRR2 highway, the much delayed flood mitigation project in Jinjang, Kepong and the mystery of the Port of Klang Free Zone project.

The public is angry.

We do not want the repeat of the episode of MRR2 cracks where eight foreign consultants were appointed with repair works by yet another foreign company, ending in further cracks.

Let us have a real independent specialist committee to find out the causes of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium's roof collapse and the safety of the building.

There has been unhappiness over the federal government's ‘tender or non-tender system', the cost of projects and the effectiveness of project management and the maintenance.

Does the country have reliable contractors? Because of poor supervision and management, hundreds of millions of public fund have been wasted.

T he writer is DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong .