Imphal: Manipur hill-based journalists have condemned what they termed 'highhandedness' of Assam Rifles personnel who threatened the editor of a local daily with dire consequences if the latter did not cooperate with them.
In a statement yesterday, the Manipur Hill Journalists' Union(MHJU) said personnel of 3rd Assam Rifles battalion barged into the premises of Churachandpur district-based 'The Lamka Post' on November 28 last and used abusive and undemocratic language against the editor.
''You will be gone, you press people are hopeless and are linked with the underground elements (militants),'' the personnel told the Editor, the statement said.
It said the media both in hills and valley were working under tremendous pressures from all sides and thus accusing them of having links with the militants was not only fair but condemnable.
The statement said the MHJU demanded action against the personnel involved in the November 28 incident.