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March 8, 2023

TAPOL Statement - March 8, 2023

It has been a month since Susi Air pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens was taken hostage by the National Liberation Army of West Papua (TPNPB) in Nduga, in the highlands of Papua Pegunungan Prov

March 7, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - March 7, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – The Executive Board of the Yahukimo Student Community (KPMY) recently made a press statement addressing the security situation in Yahukimo Regency, wherein armed confli

March 2, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - March 2, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – Commander of the XVI Yahukimo Defense Area Command Elkius Kobak of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) claimed to have attacked and shot members of the Indo

Jakarta Post Editorial - March 2, 2023

Jakarta – After more than three weeks, efforts to release Susi Air pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens from members of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), the armed wing of the Fre

March 1, 2023

Reuters - March 1, 2023

Security forces in Indonesia's restive Papua region have surrounded separatists holding captive a New Zealand pilot, but will exercise restraint while negotiations for his release conti

Jakarta Post - March 1, 2023

Nur Janti, Jakarta – The Indonesian security forces are set to conduct a long-term operation to rescue the New Zealand pilot who has been held hostage by an armed Papuan rebel group in

Jakarta Globe - March 1, 2023

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Three weeks have passed since Papua separatists held a Susi Air pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens hostage, and the airline has shut down rumors that the New Zeal

February 28, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - February 28, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – It has been more than 20 days since Susi Air pilot Philip Mehrtens, a New Zealand national, was taken hostage by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB).

Reuters - February 28, 2023

Jakarta – Security forces in Indonesia's restive Papua region have surrounded separatists holding captive a New Zealand pilot, but will exercise restraint while negotiations for his rel

February 27, 2023

Tabloid JUBI - February 27, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) denied media allegation stating Egianus Kogoya, the commander of TPNPB Kodap III Ndugama-Derakma, asked for money and we

Tabloid JUBI - February 27, 2023

Sentani, Jubi – The Papuan Church Council called on the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) led by Egianus Kogoya to immediately release the Susi Air pilot they held hostage, Ph

February 24, 2023

Sydney Morning Herald - February 24, 2023

Ben Bohane – "Wah Wah Wah!" came the jungle cry as I watched dozens of OPM (Free West Papua) guerrillas stream down mountain ravines towards our village, adorned in cassowary feathers,

February 23, 2023

CNN Indonesia - February 23, 2023

Jakarta – West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Movement (TPNPB-OPM) spokesperson Sebby Sambom has responded to a request by the chairperson of the United Liberation Movement f

ABC News - February 23, 2023

Anne Barker, Erwin Renaldi and Mackenzie Smith – Indonesia has revealed its security forces were about to launch a rescue mission for a pilot held hostage in Papua but New Zealand autho

Tempo - February 23, 2023

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Papua Police spokesperson Sr.

Reuters - February 23, 2023

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Egianus Kogoya, the dreadlocked rebel behind the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot this month in the highlands of Papua region, is at the vanguard of an increasingl

February 21, 2023

Jakarta Post - February 21, 2023

Hipolitus Wangge, Jakarta – The abduction of Susi Air pilot Phillip Mehrtens of New Zealand by the West Papua Liberation Army (TPNPB), the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), i

Radio New Zealand - February 21, 2023

Papua independence movement leader Benny Wenda says the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by armed rebels is out of his hands.

February 17, 2023

Jakarta Post - February 17, 2023

Agencies – A military commander in Papua on Thursday said a "law enforcement operation" was being prepared to free a New Zealand pilot held hostage by separatists, but only as a last re

February 16, 2023

Asia Pacific Report - February 16, 2023

David Robie – Papuan independence rebels are playing a desperate game of cat and mouse with Indonesian authorities over their hostage taking last week with a New Zealand pilot caught in

Tabloid Jubi - February 16, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – The search for New Zealand Susi Air pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens, who was taken hostage by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) led by Egianus Kogoya, has ente

Jakarta Post Editorial - February 16, 2023

Jakarta – Alas Papua has yet again come under international scrutiny amid the latest chapter in the violence that the country's easternmost territory has grappled with for decades.

February 15, 2023

Benar News - February 15, 2023

Tria Dianti – Authorities in Indonesia's Papua will negotiate with separatist rebels to secure the release of a New Zealand pilot the insurgents took hostage last week, police and milit

Jakarta Post - February 15, 2023

Jakarta – The Papua Police said on Wednesday it had sent a team to negotiate the release ofNew Zealand national Phillip Mehrtens, a Susi Air pilot who was being held hostage by an armed

ABC News - February 15, 2023

Anne Barker – Independence fighters in Indonesia's Papua region have released videos and photos of a New Zealand pilot they are holding hostage, declaring them proof that he is still al

February 14, 2023

Radio New Zealand - February 14, 2023

A rebel group in Indonesia's Papua Province who abducted New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens says he is safe.

Tabloid Jubi - February 14, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – Three New Zealand diplomats and two staff of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to Timika, the capital of Mimika Regency, Central Papua Province on Monday,

Tempo - February 14, 2023

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – Deputy V of the Presidential Staff Office, Jaleswari Pramodhawardhani, stated that the government has not yet declared a civil emergency in Papua, followi

Tempo - February 14, 2023

M Julnis Firmansyah, Jakarta – The Central Executive Board of the West Papua National Committee (BPP-KNPB) is pushing the government to involve third parties in the effort to free Susi

February 11, 2023

Jakarta Post - February 11, 2023

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February 10, 2023

The Conversation - February 10, 2023

Camellia Webb-Gannon – "Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is – no one ever had anything bad to say about him", says a colleague of the New Zealand pilot taken hostage this w

Jakarta Post - February 10, 2023

Yerica Lai and A. Muh.

Tempo - February 10, 2023

Naufal Ridhwan, Jakarta – A spokesperson for one of Indonesia's most notorious separatist groups known as the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) Free Papua Movement (OPM), Sebb

February 9, 2023

United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Statement - February 9, 2023

I want to offer my deepest sympathies to the friends and family of the New Zealand pilot taken hostage in Nduga.

Stuff.com - February 9, 2023

Maire Leadbeater – Sadly, however, it has taken the devastating hostage ordeal of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens to focus our attention on this hidden conflict in our region.

Radio New Zealand - February 9, 2023

Lydia Lewis – A researcher at Human Rights Watch in Jakarta is calling for the immediate release of the hostages including a New Zealand pilot being held by a rebel group in Indonesia's

February 8, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - February 8, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – The leader of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) Ndugama-Derakma, Egianus Kogeya said his group burned down a Susi Air plane with call sign PK-BVY in Paro

Tabloid Jubi - February 8, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – As of Tuesday night, February 7, 2023, Indonesian security forces did not know the whereabouts of Philips Max Marthin, a Susi Air pilot who was taken hostage by the Wes

Jakarta Globe - February 8, 2023

Investor Daily, Jakarta – Papua separatists have not only taken a New Zealander pilot and five passengers of the Susi Air PK-BVY plane hostage, but reports revealed that the group might

The Guardian - February 8, 2023

Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington and agencies – Separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage after setting a small commercial plane alight

Sydney Morning Herald - February 8, 2023

Chris Barrett, Karuni Rompies and Tatiana Gibbs, Singapore/Jakarta – The separatist rebels who took a New Zealand pilot hostage in Indonesia's Papua region have demanded Indonesia Presi

February 7, 2023

Reuters - February 7, 2023

Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia – Separatist fighters in Indonesia's Papua region have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage after setting a small commercial plane alight when it landed in a r

January 10, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - January 10, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in Bintang Mountains Regency, Mountainous Papua Province, allegedly opened fire on a caravan-type Ikaros plane with call

Tabloid Jubi - January 10, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – Joint forces have swept locations suspected of being the headquarters of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) led by Ananias Atimin Bintang.

January 9, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - January 9, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – Spokesman for the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) Sebby Sambom said his party had burned down Sentani New Market in Jayapura Regency on Friday, January 6, 2

Tabloid Jubi - January 9, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – Spokesman for the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) Sebby Sambom said that in early January 2023, the headquarters had received official reports from TPNPB Le

January 3, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - January 3, 2023

Manokwari, Jubi – West Papua Police chief Insp. Gen. Daniel T.M.

December 30, 2022

Tabloid Jubi - December 30, 2022

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Police said the presence of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) remained a frightening threat to residents, especially non-Papuan communities.

December 29, 2022

Tempo - December 29, 2022

Antara, Jakarta – West Papua Regional Police Chief Inspector General Daniel TM Silitonga raised the alert status in Maybrat, Southwest Papua, which was detected to be terrorized by the