Tiong Thai King

Tiong Thai King (; born 4 July 1945) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Dudong from May 2016 to December 2021 and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Lanang from April 1995 to May 2013. He was a member of the federal and state opposition Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) before he quits politics in 2021. Previously he was a member of the Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), a component party of the federal and state ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition and a former component party of the federal ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Tiong was elected to Parliament in the 1995 general election. In 2004 he was appointed Chairman of the Sibu Municipal Council. He is also a former Senator. In the 2011 Sarawak election, he was nominated as the candidate for the Dudong constituency, but was defeated by Yap Hoi Liong of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) by 317 votes. He failed to defend his federal parliamentary seat at the 2013 general election, losing to Alice Lau Kiong Yieng of the DAP by 8,630 votes.

Tiong officially resigned from the PSB party, effective 1 December 2021, just around the time of 2021 state election.

Personal life He is the younger brother of Tiong Hiew King, founding chairman of the Rimbunan Hijau Group, an established multinational timber and logging corporation. After Tiong Hiew King passed away, he takeover his position as Rimbunan Hijau Group Managing Director.

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