Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang wants heads to roll over the shocking collapse of the RM4.5 million Perak state park corporation's two-storey building in Belum.

In view of this, the veteran politician said he will move an emergency motion in Parliament on Monday regarding this matter.

"Heads must roll, and roll immediately, for the shameful 'implosion' of the Tasik Banding complex - or are there no one to be held responsible?" he asked.

In a hard-hitting statement, Lim said the incident adds to the list of growing evidence that under Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the country is degenerating from 'First-World Infrastructure, Third-World Mentality' to 'Third-World Infrastructure, Fourth-rate Mentality'.

"There are not only cracks galore in public buildings, but we seem to have moved into a new phase of collapsing buildings.

"Never before in the 50-year history of the nation has the public service been seen as more inept and incompetent - with the unending list of 'crack-ups' of new government buildings and public construction projects," he added.

Who will be held responsible?

Lim said only two days ago, Abdullah had called on state governments to contribute positively to his campaign to improve the government delivery system.

"The Perak state government seems to have delivered a response with the collapse of the complex," he added.

The structure, which collapsed on Tuesday, consisted of 14 rooms, an office block, a showroom to sell Orang Asli goods, and a car park.

It was completed in 2004 with RM4.5 million funded by the Tourism Ministry. The second phase with 26 more rooms costing RM5million is yet to begin.

Following this, three different probes have been set up to investigate the cause - an independent committee by the state government, another investigation by the Perak Public Works Department on the directive of Works Minister S Samy Vellu and by the Anti-Corruption Agency.

Meanwhile, Lim asked who would be held responsible for this fiasco.

"Who is going to be responsible for the RM4.5 million losses. Will it be the long-suffering taxpayers who will have to be the suckers again to foot the bill - while everyone else, whether the contractor, the government supervisor and those in authority who had a cut in the RM4.5 million project, enjoy impunity with some laughing all the way to the bank with their profits?"