Bali bombing suspect claims he was tortured

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.

Ali Ghufron – one of three suspected group members on trial for the October 12 attack – said officers beat him 20 times and threatened to send a photograph of his bruised penis to his wife unless he confessed.