Security forces in the country’s restive Papua region have surrounded separatists holding captive a New Zealand pilot, but will exercise restraint while negotiations for his release continue, a top security official said.
Philip Mehrtens, a Susi Air pilot, was taken hostage by the West Papua National Liberation Army on Feb 7 after landing in the remote region of Nduga.
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