Paul Kiong

Paul Kiong was born in Ipoh, Perak on 24 October 1944, during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. He was the fourth child of six siblings.

Paul completed his secondary school education in 1962, obtaining the Higher School Certificate.

Paul joined the Royal Malaysia Police on April 16, 1967 as Police Constable. After completing training, he was posted to Johor Special Branch. Due to his outstanding performance, he gained a rapid promotion on the 1st of January, 1976, in wich he was promoted to Probationary Inspector and was posted to Perak Special Branch.

A year later, on the 11th of July 1977, he was promoted to Inspector, during this period he went to the jungle to hunt down communist rebels. He reported capturing 43 communist rebels without bloodshed.[1] Paul has been promoted to Acting Assistant Superintendent of Police and Assistant Superintendent of Police on June 1st 1983 and on May 13th 1986 respectively. In 1990, he was posted to Bukit Aman Special Branch. Paul would later get promoted to Deputy Superintendent of Police on January 1st, 1992. On September 25th, 1996, he was promoted to Superintendent of Police. Paul chose to retire on the 1st of February, 1998, ending 31 years of service in the police force.

•  Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the Grand Knight of Valour (S.P.) (1983)[2]
•  Perak :
  • Recipient of the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (P.K.H.) (1988)[3]
• Royal Malaysia Police :
  • Warrior of the Most Gallant Police Order (P.P.P.) (1996)
•  Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (P.M.W.) - Datuk (2011)[4]