Robert Odjahan Tambunan (24 July 1935 – 5 September 2015), known as RO Tambunan, was an Indonesian lawyer veteran and politician from the

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. Born in

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, Tambunan became famous when he became the lawyer of the Chairman of the

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(PDI) and for

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on the case of the invasion from the PDI office on July 27, 1996. The RO then led the Indonesian Democracy Defenders team (the defense team) from 1997 to 1999 that advocated the case. He died in September 2015 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tambunan, RO 1935 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Indonesian lawyers People of Batak descent