The head of Guinea's junta has threatened to arrest anyone who contradicts his recent claim that hostile forces have deployed on the country's borders, preparing to attack.
Neighbouring states Senegal and Guinea-Bissau have vehemently denied the allegations, which opponents of the junta have dismissed as a pretext to renege on a promise to hold elections later this year.
"All those who try to contradict my views concerning the presence of hostile troops near our borders will be placed under arrest and prosecuted," military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara told state television and radio late Monday.
Guinea put its army on alert Sunday after Camara said troops financed by drugs traffickers had massed along the border to invade.
"There are people specialised in disinformation who are saying that the CNDD statement is a way of creating a diversion, and creating a situation of instability so as not to hold elections," Camara added.
"I will not tolerate this kind of behaviour whether from a political leader, a simple supporter of a political party or a journalist."
The junta has said it plans to hold legislative elections in October and a presidential vote in December.
The junta, which calls itself the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD), took power on December 23, soon after the death of long-time leader Lansana Conte.
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