On 18 February 2005 , Hafid and her cameraman , Budiyanto , were kidnapped and held hostage by gunmen while they were on reporting in Iraq . The last contact made with Hafid was on 15 February , three days earlier , by Metro TV . They were finally released on 21 February 2005 . Prior to Iraq , Hafid had also covered the tsunami tragedy in Aceh
tsunami tragedy
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Meutya Hafid