On behalf of the ULMWP, I wholeheartedly welcome the release of Phillip Mehrtens after one and a half years in captivity. The ...

The West Papua National Liberation Army held the New Zealand pilot for more than 19 months.

A New Zealand pilot, kidnapped in Indonesia’s Papua region over a year ago, has been released. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, 38, who worked for Susi Air, was abducted from a remote airport in February 2023.

A New Zealand pilot has been freed from captivity after being abducted early last year upon landing at a remote Indonesian airport, where separatist rebels set his small plane on fire. Phillip ...

A KIWI pilot held hostage by armed rebels in Indonesia has finally been rescued after 19 brutal months in captivity. Phillip ...

Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua ...

Philip Mark Mehrtens, the pilot from Christchurch who was working for ... Mehrtens unless Indonesia’s government allows Papua to become a sovereign country. Maria Martinez-Aguilar was accused of ...

In April, armed separatists attacked Indonesian troops who were deployed to rescue Mehrtens. The group sent a letter the next month to Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Sambom said they received a ...

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