Tiong Thai King

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tiong (张).
Yang Berhormat Datuk
Tiong Thai King
PGBK MLA
张泰卿
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–2013Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
2016–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2021United Sarawak Party
Other roles
2004–2019Chairman of Sibu Municipal Council
Personal details
Born (1945-07-04) 4 July 1945 (age 79)
Political partyPSB (2014-2021)
RelationsTiong Hiew King (Elder brother)
OccupationPolitician

Datuk Tiong Thai King (simplified Chinese: 张泰卿; traditional Chinese: 張泰卿; pinyin: Zhāng Tàiqīng; 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.[1]

Tiong was elected to Parliament in the 1995 general election.[2] In 2004 he was appointed Chairman of the Sibu Municipal Council. He is also a former Senator.[3] 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.[4]

However, in the 2016 state election, he contested in the Dudong constituency in Sarawak for the second time as direct BN candidate, and he won the seat this time, with the majority of 2,146 votes, beating the incumbent Yap Hoi Liong of DAP, Mary Ting Yiik Hong of State Reform Party (STAR), and 2 independent candidates, Casper Kayong Umping and Dato Sri Dr. Benny Lee.[5]

Tiong officially resigned from the PSB party, effective 1 December 2021, just around the time of 2021 state election.[6]

  1. ^ "Tiong Thai King, Y.B. Tuan" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  2. ^ Wong, James (9 March 2008). "Sarawak DAP mulls over election petitions". The Star. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  3. ^ The Star (10 April 2004). "Tiong picked as Sibu Municipal Council chief". Star Publications (Malaysia). Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference election results was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ The Borneo Post (8 May 2016). "Thai King scoops Dudong for BN". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  6. ^ Lim How Pim (13 December 2021). "PSB: Tiong Thai King resigned from party effective Dec 1". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 27 January 2022.