KUALA LUMPUR: Perak DAP chief Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham today filed a motion to deduct RM10 from Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's salary to "show displeasure" over his failure to take the Kuala Dipang suspension bridge collapse incident seriously.

Ngeh said that Muhyiddin's announcement that the 1Malaysia camp would go on despite the bridge tragedy — which claimed three young lives — showed that Muhyiddin "takes it too lightly".

"We call this a less than appropriate concern shown for this incident by the minister," Ngeh toldThe Edge Financial Daily via telephone.

Ngeh, who is also member of pariliament for Beruas, added that the motion will be read out in the Dewan Rakyat during the Muhyiddin's winding up speech during the committee stage debate on the 2010 Supply Bill expected on Thursday or next Monday.

A copy of the motion was distributed to reporters in parliament today after it was filed.

The incident sparked public concern after three primary school children fell and drowned in Sungai Kampar when the bridge collapsed on Oct 26.

The pupils were participating in a 1Malaysia camp activity at SK Kuala Dipang near the river.

Perak Pakatan Rakyat (PR) representatives also revealed the findings of their probe into the accident at a press conference in parliament's lobby.

Former Perak Speaker V Sivakumar told reporters that among the key reasons for the tragedy were construction weaknesses, procedural disregard in the bridge's construction, as well as the absence of safety measures.

Sivakumar added that the PR taskforce also found that there were too many students on the bridge prior to its collapse and that there were no adults supervising the children at that time.

Sivakumar said that there were no building applications submitted to the relevant departments for the bridge's construction, claiming that the Kinta Selatan Co-Curriculum Department in Pulau Pangkor had ordered the building.

A special committee, comprising of the Perak Public Works Department (PWD), police and Perak state government, is in the midst of an investigation.

The government's report on the matter is expected to be completed at the end of November.

Muhyiddin, who is also the deputy prime minister, earlier announced that the PWD's preliminary probe had found that the suspension bridge had structural defects and that the plans were incomplete.

This was the second attempt at slashing a minister's salary this week after a failed attempt on Monday by Chong Chieng Jen (Bandar Kuching - DAP) to cut RM10 from the wages of Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop (Tasek Gelugor - BN).

The bid was sought as a means to "punish" Nor for what Chong claims was an "unsatisfactory" answer from the minister regarding allocations for the Bandar Kuching constituency.