Why a US Pilot Was Killed in Indonesia
The shooting of a 29-year-old American pilot at a remote airstrip in Indonesia's far east has highlighted one of Asia's longest running insurgencies.
The shooting of a 29-year-old American pilot at a remote airstrip in Indonesia's far east has highlighted one of Asia's longest running insurgencies. The killing this month at the hands of an armed pro-independence Papuan group came two years after a similar murder of a New Zealand pilot. A second New Zealand pilot was held for 19 months by armed rebels before being released. Asia Specific host Mariko Oi speaks to Abraham Utama from 麻豆社 Indonesian and Johnny Blades from Radio New Zealand on why the decades-long armed quest for independence persists, and why Indonesia's government hasn't found a peaceful way to approach it.
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