{"id":7902,"date":"2024-09-21T11:41:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T11:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/21\/new-zealand-pilot-phillip-mehrtens-freed-after-more-than-18-months-in-captivity-in-indonesias-papua\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T11:41:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T11:41:47","slug":"new-zealand-pilot-phillip-mehrtens-freed-after-more-than-18-months-in-captivity-in-indonesias-papua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/21\/new-zealand-pilot-phillip-mehrtens-freed-after-more-than-18-months-in-captivity-in-indonesias-papua\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens freed after more than 18 months in captivity in\u00a0Indonesia\u2019s Papua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1bmy6xo000mnepbfr9rarkv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            <strong>West Papua, Indonesia \u2014 <\/strong>New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in&nbsp;Indonesia\u2019s Papua, the&nbsp;Indonesian police said in a statement on Saturday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1bn2chy00053b6mu834tkfr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            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.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1bn2chy00063b6mc4wqioaq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe are prioritising approach through religious leaders, church leaders, traditional leaders and Egianus Kogoya\u2019s close family to minimise casualties and maintain the safety of the pilot,\u201d said the chief of Cartenz 2024 Peace Operations, Brigadier General Faizal Ramadhani.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1bn2chy00073b6mckkxa386@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            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.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1bn2chy00083b6mk2jtvb11@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The police they would hold a press conference later.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Papua, Indonesia \u2014 New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed from more than 18 months in captivity in&nbsp;Indonesia\u2019s Papua, the&nbsp;Indonesian police said in a statement on Saturday. 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