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Kiwi pilot says capture ‘could go on for a long time’

Papuan kidnappers release videos of Phillip Mehrtens after a month in their hands..

Kidapped Kiwi pilot Phillip Mehrtens and his armed Papuan captors.

Nevil Gibson Mon, 13 Mar 2023

Kidnapped Kiwi pilot Phillip Mehrtens says in new video recordings that his capture “could go on for a long time”. The videos and pictures were released by the West Papuan National Liberation Army to media in Australia and New Zealand. Most have declined to show them.

In the recordings, Mehrtens

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Nevil Gibson Mon, 13 Mar 2023
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