KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu Public Works Department (PWD) has summoned the contractor responsible of building the Batu Putih mosque in Kerteh to provide details on the type of material used and how the construction and installation of the roof was done.

It is learnt that PWD officials asked the contractor to submit finer construction points including the architectural documents.

This is the third in a spate of mishaps caused by construction flaws involving newly completed structures in Terengganu.

In June, the roof of the Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin in Gong Badak collapsed.

The following month, several defects were found at the Batu Burok aquatic complex, forcing the facility to be declared unsafe by Work Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor.

Another minor mishap was reported early this year where a part of the roof at a canteen in SMK Wakaf Tapai in Marang collapsed.

In Saturday’s mishap, part of the roof structure of the year-old mosque collapsed, injuring three Indonesian workers.

The workers were conducting repairs inside the mosque after cracks had appeared on the roof.

The mosque was constructed at a cost of RM2.1mil and was opened in early 2008 to cater for a 500-people congregation.

Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said, who is dismayed by the incident, had directed the PWD to immediately conduct an in-depth probe.

The department’s Kemaman engineer Ir Rosli Daud said his team had already started investigations.

“We are compiling facts and part of the procedure is to summon the contractor.”