38-year-old New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been freed after being held captive by separatist rebels in Indonesia for 19 months.
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00:00A New Zealand pilot has been freed after being held captive by separatist rebels in Indonesia
00:06for over a year.
00:0838-year-old Philip Mertens was working for Indonesian airline Suze Air when he was kidnapped
00:14by the West Papua National Liberation Army last February.
00:18His release comes after intense diplomatic efforts by Wellington and Jakarta.
00:23Appearing here in Tamika, Papua, Mertens expressed his gratitude in Indonesian.