Indonesian authorities said Saturday the New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist rebels.

Papua was incorporated into Indonesia in 1969 under a United Nations-sponsored ballot that was widely seen as a sham.

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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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 New Zealand pilot, was freed after being held hostage for over a year by separatist rebels in ...

A New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region has been freed by separatist ...

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Independence fighters led by Egianus Kogoya, a regional commander in the Free Papua Movement, stormed a single-engine plane on a small runway in Paro and abducted Mr Mehrtens on February 7, 2023. Mr ...

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released after more than 18 months of captivity by an armed faction in ...

The Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Wellington needed a longer runway than was available in the capital.

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