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☆ New Zealand pilot freed after 19 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua
  + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed more than 19 months in Indonesia’s Papua, authorities said on Saturday. Indonesia’s Metro TV showed him tearfully speaking to his family by phone. New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said, “We are pleased and relieved to confirm that Phillip Mehrtens is safe and well and has been able to talk with his family. This news must be an enormous relief for his friends and loved ones.”A range of New Zealand government agencies had been working with Indonesian authorities and others towards securing Mehrtens’ release, Peters said in a statement. Another New Zealand pilot, Glen Malcolm Conning, was killed by separatist rebels in Papua in August after landing his helicopter in a remote area, authorities said at the time.
Persons: Phillip Mehrtens, Mehrtens, Egianus Kogoya, Joko Widodo, Winston Peters, “, Peters, General Faizal Ramadhani, Egianus Kogoya’s, Glen Malcolm Organizations: Zealand, Metro TV, West Papua National Liberation Army, New Zealand Foreign, Mehrtens, New Locations: Indonesia’s Papua, Timika, Nduga, New Zealand, Papua
☆ New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens freed after more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua
  + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
West Papua, Indonesia — New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in Indonesia’s Papua, the Indonesian police said in a statement on Saturday. An armed faction of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), led by Egianus Kogoya, kidnapped Mehrtens on Feb. 7, 2023, after he landed a small commercial plane in the remote, mountainous area of Nduga. “We are prioritising approach through religious leaders, church leaders, traditional leaders and Egianus Kogoya’s close family to minimise casualties and maintain the safety of the pilot,” said the chief of Cartenz 2024 Peace Operations, Brigadier General Faizal Ramadhani. Mehrtens was freed and picked up by a joint team in Nduga Regency and is undergoing health check-ups and a physiological examination in Timika regency, the police said. The police they would hold a press conference later.
Persons: Phillip Mehrtens, Egianus Kogoya, Mehrtens, Egianus Kogoya’s, ”, General Faizal Ramadhani Organizations: New Zealand, West Papua National Liberation Army Locations: Papua, Indonesia, New, Indonesia’s Papua, Nduga, Nduga Regency, Timika
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