Ida Bagus Oka

Who is Ida Bagus Oka?

Ida Bagus Oka was the Governor of Bali, Indonesia from 1988 to 1993. He was also a State Minister of Population/Chairman of Planned Families National Coordinating Body in the Development Reform Cabinet under Jusuf Habibie. During the Indonesian killings of 1965–1966, Ida Bagus Oka instigated the Balinese Hindus to hunt down PKI supporters. He told Hindus: "There can be no doubt [that] the enemies of our revolution are also the cruelest enemies of religion, and must be eliminated and destroyed down to the roots". During this period, an estimated 80,000 Balinese were killed, roughly 5 percent of the island's population at the time. In 2001, Oka was convicted in a corruption case involving Rp. 2.3 billion and was sentenced for one year.