A terror suspect accused of involvement in the 2005 bombings on Indonesia's Bali island has renounced statements he gave to interrogators after saying he made them because he feared being tortured.
However, Muhammad Cholily admitted to travelling with two of Asia's most wanted fugitives and learning how to make bombs from them.
Muhammad Cholily is accused of helping assemble the bombs used in the October 1st attacks
Cholily is one of four Islamic militants on trial since last week over allegations they played a part in suicide bombings that killed 20 people in Bali last year.
They all could face the death penalty if convicted over the explosions at three popular tourist restaurants.
Cholily, in a letter read by his lawyer, said he did not know he once carried bombs used in the attacks, contrary to the prosecution dossier against him, which says he admitted being aware of what he was doing.
Cholily is accused of helping assemble the bombs used in the October 1st, 2005, attacks.
"Why did that statement reach the dossier? It is because I was afraid things like . . . having my testicles crushed, my genitalia struck and kicked . . . facing threats of sodomy, electrocution and being shot with a pistol in the mouth . . . would be repeated," said Cholily in the letter.
Defendants in other trials under Indonesian anti-terrorism laws have made similar charges of police torture. Police say torture is not part of their interrogation methods.