Liew Chin Tong was elected as Member of the Malaysian Federal Parliament for Bukit Bendera in the March 2008 election. Since 1999, Chin Tong has served DAP in various capacities and is now a Member of its Central Executive Committee, serving as International Secretary.

Chin Tong graduated with a degree in Political Science and an honours degree in Asian Studies from the Australian National University, and holds an International Masters in Regional Integration from the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya.

Chin Tong is the Executive Director of Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI), Penang, and Research for Social Advancement (REFSA), Kuala Lumpur, and was formerly a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore. He can be reached at mp@bukitbendera.org.