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View all search resultsAmid reports of increased military activity in Nduga regency, Highland Papua, following the release of a New Zealand pilot from rebel captivity, rights groups said that Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel have committed an extrajudicial killing of a Papuan civilian, an accusation the military has denied.
It has been five months since Philip Mehrtens, who works for the frontier airliner Susi Air, was abducted by the West Papua Liberation Army (TPNPB), an affiliate of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) following a flight to Nduga, Papuan Highlands.
As the standoff between the government and Papuan separatists over the release of New Zealand pilot Philip Merhtens continues, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged officials to quickly appoint a negotiator to move the process forward.
At least one soldier was killed in the Papuan Highlands on Saturday during a clash with a rebel group holding a New Zealand national hostage, as the Indonesian Military (TNI) promised to “thoroughly evaluate” its rescue mission for the abducted pilot amid rising tensions in the region.
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