Tiong King Sing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tiong King Sing

Malaysian politician

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1961

Place of Birth: Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia

Profession: politician

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Tiong King Sing

  • Dato' Sri Tiong King Sing (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Zhangqìngxìn; Pe?h-oe-ji: Tiong Khìng-Sìn; born 3 September 1961) is a Malaysian politician.
  • He is currently the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Bintulu constituency in Sarawak.
  • Tiong was previously appointed by former Prime Minister of Barisan Nasional (BN), Najib Razak as Malaysia's special envoy to the Far East covering Japan, Korea and Taiwan in 2014.
  • The appointment was terminated by the new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government in 2018.Tiong is the President of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP).
  • In accordance with its expansion to West Malaysia in 2017, the party was rebranded with its new name and logo from Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP); previously a ruling component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
  • Following the fall of BN in the 2018 general election and in the aftermath of meeting between all Sarawak-based BN coalition parties on 12 June 2018, PDP leave the coalition to formed a new Sarawak-based coalition of Sarawak Parties Alliance (GPS).Tiong was originally a member of the Sarawak National Party (SNAP) but was dismissed in 2002 for what the party cited as disciplinary reasons.
  • He subsequently joined the SPDP.
  • In 2007 he became involved in a dispute with police administration alleging that criminal gangs were acting with impunity throughout Sarawak but that his concerns were not being addressed by police.
  • His outspokenness was reported to have triggered a large police operation against criminal organisations in the State.
  • Tiong subsequently received mail threats, including a parcel of shotgun cartridges, at his constituency office.
  • At the 2008 general election, he successfully defended his seat receiving 73% of the vote.Tiong was re-elected to Parliament again in 2013 general election, and the following year became the President of the SPDP, replacing William Mawan Ikom, who had resigned from the party. In 2018 general election, Tiong retained his seat in Bintulu with a majority of 7,022.

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