The Silent Rescue Operation in Nduga

Egianus Kogeya quietly freed Susi Air pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens. His hope to trade the pilot for Papua’s independence failed.

Egi Adyatama

September 30, 2024

MEETING with Susi Air pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens at a honai (Papuan traditional house) in Yuguru village, Mebarok District, Nduga Regency, Papua Mountains Province, on Tuesday, September 17, Edison Gwijangge received greetings in the local language. “He said ‘kenabua,’ a greeting from the Nduga people,” the former acting regent of Nduga told Tempo at the Redtop Hotel in Central Jakarta on Thursday, September 26.

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