An Australian helicopter pilot and two locals kidnapped in a remote part of Papua New Guinea have been released ... PNG police believed the group were motivated by a 'compensation claim'.
Philip Mehrtens with TPNPB fighters in video footage sent to the BBC Separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region have released video footage of a New Zealand pilot taken hostage seven days ago.
The kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot by separatists in Indonesia's West Papua region has thrust a decades-old insurgency back into the spotlight. Philip Mehrtens, 37, was taken hostage by West ...