Bali bomb suspect accuses police of torture

One of the men accused of involvement in the suicide bombings at three Bali restaurants last October has accused Indonesian police of torturing him to extract admissions.

Mohamad Cholily's lawyer has asked Denpasar's District Court to disregard two statements included in police evidence.

In his statements to police, Mohamad Cholily says he was with Jemaah Islamiah's master bomb-maker, Azahari Husin, when he heard the news of the second Bali bombings.

Cholily told police that Azahari said "Allah Akbar, our project is successful" when the news came over the radio.

The police dossier also records Cholily saying he knew that Noordin Top's code phrase, "my mum's cosmetic box" actually referred to a bomb delivered by Cholily.

But now a letter, written by Cholily, has been read out in court, claiming those statements were extracted under police torture and are false.

Cholily claims that during the seven days after his arrest he was slapped, kicked and hit in the gut, eyes, legs, penis and testicles.

He says his skin was burnt and he was threatened with electrocution, sodomy and being shot.

Outside the court, Cholily told journalists he was too scared to make the allegations earlier.

The trials resume next week.

The suicide bombings at three Bali restaurants in October last year killed more than 20 people

- RADIO AUSTRALIA