Career
He is the President of the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP), a component party of Malaysia"s governing Barisan Nasional coalition. 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.
Tiong was re-elected to Parliament again in 2013, and the following year became the President of the SPDP, replacing William Mawan Ikom, who had resigned from the party.
