Rebel leader Egianus Kogoya kept him as a bargaining chip to push the Indonesian government to make Papua independent.
A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed Saturday by ...
Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when he ...
Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens freed 19 months after being kidnapped by armed Indonesia separatists - Pilot speaks ...
Independence fighters led by Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, stormed a single-engine plane ...
Separatist rebels release New Zealand pilot after 19 months of captivity in Indonesia’s Papua region
Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia's Papua, the Indonesian ...
Mehrtens was kidnapped by a faction of the West Papua National Liberation Army, led by Egianus Kogoya, on February 7, 2023, after landing a small commercial plane in the remote, mountainous region of ...
Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 under a United Nations-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham.
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New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua, the Indonesian ...
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