New Zealand Pilot Phillip Mehrtens Freed After 19 Months in Papua, Indonesia
New Zealand Pilot Phillip Mehrtens Freed After 19 Months in Papua, Indonesia New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released by separatist rebels in Indonesia’s Papua region, 19 months after his kidnapping. Mehrtens had been held captive since February 2023. Kidnapping Incident Mehrtens was taken hostage while working as a pilot at a remote airstrip…