March 13, 1966 (February 22), Ping Wu, Suharto ordered a massive purge within the military in Indonesia.


Suharto In March 1966, General Suharto ordered the army to clear all communists. This is the first fire of the office since the evening of the 12th to grasp Indonesia power. This command is issued in the six months after the bloody revenge. This retaliation is from communists tried to coup in September last year, has 100,000 communists were killed. Although the Communists failed, but their efforts shaken Suharto government and lead the army to take over. The heyday of the Communist Party suffered painful batch Muslims form a vigilante team to perform the executions.