Pilot Taken Hostage By West Guinea Rebels Sends Heartbreaking Video Message For Family

Locator map of Indonesian province of Papua. Image/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IndonesiaPapua.png

The West Papua Liberation Army has released a video of the New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage by them last year in February.

Phillip Mehrtens, an Air Susi pilot, was taken hostage by the group in an attempt to achieve independence from Indonesia. The separatists had earlier demanded that Indonesia recognise Papuan independence in return for his release.