JAKARTA, Indonesia — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed ...
Mr Mehrtens sobbed while talking to his family via video and an Indonesian official tried to calm him down by patting his ...
A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia was freed on Saturday by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, ...
A task force spokesperson said that Phillip Mehrtens’ release was the result of hard work from a small task force team ...