New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens freed by Papuans rebels fighters TPNPB after 19 months

TPNPB Kodap III Ndugama-Derakma Brigjen Egianus Kogoya ceremony of released Kiwi pilot Phillip Mehrtens, 21st September 2024

Indonesian police say Mehrtens has been flown out of mountainous Nduga after being released by the West Papuan rebel fighter TPNPB Egianus Kogaya and appears in good health.