EXCLUSIVE Did attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail have a role in leaking confidential documents on the then Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) investigations against former Malacca chief minister Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik and former international trade and industry minister Rafidah Aziz over 15 years ago?

Very possible, considering that Anwar Ibrahim lodged four separate police reports when he was held at the Sungai Buloh prison between July and August 1999, said retired Kuala Lumpur CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim in an interview with Malaysiakini .

It has been rumoured that Gani, then chief prosecutor in the AG's Chambers, had given these documents classified as "rahsia" (top secret) to Anwar when he was deputy prime minister.

Mat Zain, who was then newly-minted as KL CID chief after being promoted from his post in Malacca, was the man in charge of the investigation into the police reports lodged by Anwar...