Ex-Hostage Praises Captors
Reuters
SYDNEY, Australia —
American missionary Stephen Schaeffer said Monday that he and New Zealand missionary John Marsh were treated well during their 12 days as hostages of Papuan rebels fighting for independence of Indonesian-ruled Irian Jaya. Schaeffer said they had not felt threatened by their captors and had kept up their spirits by praying daily in the guerrillas’ jungle hide-out until their release last Friday.
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