THE alleged operations chief of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group told a court yesterday that police tortured him into signing a confession that he planned last year’s Bali nightclub bombings.

The alleged operations chief of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group told a court today that police tortured him into signing a confession that he planned last year’s Bali nightclub bombings.

AN Islamic preacher who prosecutors say was the operations chief of an al-Qaida-linked terror group went on trial yesterday for last year’s Bali bombings, which killed more than 200 people.

An Islamic militant who prosecutors say fought for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan went on trial today accused of overall responsibility for last year’s Bali bombings.