Ida Bagus Oka
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Ida Bagus Oka was the Governor of Bali
Bali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...

 from 1988 to 1993. He was also a State Minister of Population/Chairman of Planned Families National Coordinating Body in the Development Reform Cabinet
Development Reform Cabinet
The Development Reform Cabinet was the Indonesian cabinet which served under President BJ Habibie during his term as President from 21 May 1998-20 October 1999....

 under Jusuf Habibie
Jusuf Habibie
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie , also known B. J. Habibie, was the third and shortest-serving President of Indonesia, serving from 1998 to 1999.-Early life and career:...

. 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".http://books.google.co.in/books?id=lSU3mFK1gMUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Making+Indonesia+By+George+McTurnan+Kahin,+Daniel+S.+Lev&ei=tNmyS-y-AYKOkATSjMibDQ&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Ida%20Bagus%20Oka&f=false During this period, an estimated 80,000 Balinese were killed, roughly 5 percent of the island's population at the time.http://books.google.co.in/books?id=_w6Mn4xRLt8C&pg=PA92&dq=Friend,+T.+(2003).+Indonesian+Destinies.&ei=YtqyS_7cJ4bqlQSNqozNBw&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Bali&f=false. In 2001, Oka was convicted in a corruption case involving Rp. 2.3 billion and was sentenced for one year.

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