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Australian professor and two local researchers held hostage in Papua New Guinea released

Australian professor and two local researchers held hostage in Papua New Guinea released

Foreign minister Penny Wong says all hostages, including a New Zealand-born Australian academic, have been freed

Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has said all hostages taken by a Papua New Guinean criminal gang have been released, including an Australian academic, and will be reunited with their families.

“Thank you to PNG’s Government for its leadership in securing a safe & peaceful resolution,” Wong tweeted on Sunday afternoon.

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