Career
He was the Governor of Sulu Province from 2005 to 2007, and is the older brother of Tupay T. Loong, the current representative from Sulu"s 1st District. Loong is a native of Parang, Sulu. He became head of the MBC and competed in the Sulu provincial elections in 2005, this time winning the Governor slot.
However, Loong was sidelined in the 2007 election in a political shifting of loyalties involving Abdulmunir Mundoc Arbison shifting his support to Abdusakur Mahail Tan.
He came back in 2010 to be elected Vice Governor of Sulu with 113,678 votes, according to COMELEC data. He was supported by then President Gloria Arroyo.
Loong was president and Chief Executive Officer of BJ Coco Oil Mill, a company producing coconut oil.
