Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) demanded Friday that the Air Force discipline the airmen who allegedly assaulted reporters in Tangerang, Banten, two days earlier.

One of the reporters who had been covering the eviction of the old residents of a housing complex for retired airmen in Neglasari subdistrict, Tangerang, Banten, said the airmen threatened to shoot him. Others said they were "choked", "kicked" and "dragged away".

"We condemn the action because no one is allowed to intimidate reporters or stop them from doing their jobs according to the Press Law," Andy Marhaendra, the head of the AJI's advocacy department, said in a statement.

AJI also urged the Air Force to apologize to the victims and their families for the assault.