No Air Strikes in Papua Indonesia’s Military Denies Kidnapped Pilot’s Video Claims
A Tense Standoff The Indonesian military has categorically denied allegations of conducting air strikes in the restive region of Papua, where New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was kidnapped by Papuan rebels. The Kidnapping Incident Phillip Mehrtens, a New Zealand pilot, was taken hostage by an armed faction of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) led by Egianus Kogoya on …