First elected to the council in 2009, Lulung was a noted critic of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's governorship.

Lulung was born in Jakarta on 24 July 1959 as the seventh of eleven siblings, with a mixed Betawi-Bantenese descent.

[3] At the age of 20, he became "the boss of scraps" following the expansion of a market, and participated in organizations related to Tanah Abang.

[15] However, when a movement rose in the city council to impeach Ahok, Lulung defended the governor.

[22] He also proposed a law which would designate locations where drinking alcohol would be permitted in order to reduce deaths due to moonshine poisoning.

[23] In 2018, he decided to move to the National Mandate Party (PAN), citing his removal from the chairman of the Jakarta branch for his opposition to Ahok.

[25] He returned to PPP in September 2021, being appointed chairman of the party's Jakarta branch and hence losing his seat in the DPR.