Tiong King Sing turns down deputy minister post, absent from swearing-in ceremony

Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president and Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. - Bernama

KUCHING: Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has turned down his appointment as deputy national unity minister, says the party's secretary-general Datuk Nelson Balang.

He said the PDP supreme council decided in a meeting on Monday (March 9) that Tiong should not take up the post after the Cabinet line-up was announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.