"We the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB ... Last month another New Zealand pilot, 50-year-old Glen Malcolm Conning, was shot dead by a pro-independence group known as Free Papua ...

A pilot from New Zealand who was being held captive in the restive Indonesian region of West Papua has been freed. Phillip Mehrtens was kidnapped more than a year and a half ago. Indonesian police ...

A West Papua Baptist Church priest, Reverend Sofyan Yoman, assisted in the early negotiations of Mehrtens’ release with Indonesia and the New Zealand ambassador in Jakarta. “The pilot was ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than ... Then on Tuesday, leaders of the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement known as ...

A New Zealand pilot held prisoner for more than ... overshadowed by armed insurgents such as the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), Mehrtens' captors. Indonesia has proscribed the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The New Zealand pilot who’s been held hostage for ... Papua to become a sovereign country. Leaders of the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than ... Then on Tuesday, leaders of the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement known as ...