JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was ...
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been reunited with some of his family in Jakarta, Indonesia, after spending more than ...
The New Zealand pilot - who is originally from Motueka - is reuniting with his family in Jakarta after being held captive for more than 18 months.
Phillip Mehrtens was held captive in Indonesia’s West Papua region for 19 months.
Phillip Mehrtens was captured by separatist rebels after they stormed his plane on 7 February last year. The group had taken ...
A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by ...
Kogoya initially said the rebels would not release Mehrtens unless Jakarta allowed Papua to become a sovereign country.
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has finally been freed, almost 20 months after he was taken hostage by separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papuan highlands.
Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 under a United Nations-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham.
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Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...
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