Senior PDIP politician Panda Nababan dies at 82
Panda died at 09.37 WIB in Pondok Aren after battling leukemia, and his body is being laid out at a funeral home in Jombang.
Senior PDI Perjuangan politician Pandapotan Nababan, also known as Panda Nababan, died on Monday (9/11) morning at the age of 82. Panda died at 09.37 WIB at his home in Pondok Aren, South Tangerang, Banten, after suffering from leukemia. DPP PDIP spokesman Guntur Romli and PDIP deputy secretary general Yoseph Aryo Adhi Dharmo confirmed the death. The body is being laid out at the funeral home on Jalan Raya Jombang, Gang Damai No. 9, Pondok Jaya, Pondok Aren. Panda was known as a senior journalist who later entered politics with PDIP and served as a member of the DPR for three terms from 1999 to 2012. He was also long known as a loyalist of Megawati Soekarnoputri.