The apparent release follows an offer of terms made this week by rebels in the region
Phillip Mehrtens, the New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage by the West Papua National Liberation Front on 7 February 2023. Indonesian police say he has been freed.Phillip Mehrtens, the New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage by the West Papua National Liberation Front on 7 February 2023. Indonesian police say he has been freed.New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed after more than one and a half years in captivity in Indonesia’s West Papua region, Indonesian police have said.
The move, reported by police in a statement on Saturday, follows an offer of terms made this week by rebels in the regionNational Liberation Army in February 2023 as a bargaining chip for its push for independence from Indonesia. It came after he landed a small commercial passenger plane at Paro airport in Nduga, the centre of the growing Papuan insurgency.
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