Sometime in the 1990s, Abdul Gani Patail recommended to the then attorney-general to prosecute Rafidah Aziz on five counts of corrupt practices involving the allocation of millions of shares to her son-in-law. The five charges recommended were:

1) As chairperson of Jawatankuasa Pembahagian Saham Bumiputra, MITI (Committee on the distribution of shares to bumiputras of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry) she approved 1.5 million shares of Leader Universal Holdings Bhd to her son-in-law Fazrin Azwar Mohd Nor;

2) She approved an application by Fazrin to sell 450,000 units of the said shares;

3) She approved an application by Fazrin to sell another 315,000 units of the said shares;

4) She approved an application by Fazrin to sell an additional 335,000 units of the said shares;

5) She approved the allotment of 4,173,190 units of shares of FACB to Fazrin.

As we all know, for reasons best known to the authorities, the recommended prosecution never took place. Now that Abdul Gani is the attorney-general, he should act on his own recommendation.