One-time aide to ex-premier Najib Abdul Razak, Romen Bose, has hit out at Tommy Thomas following a scathing book review, saying that the former attorney-general is clearly avoiding the elephant in the room.

Thomas had recently reviewed Bose's book ‘Final Reckoning: An Insider’s View of the Fall of Malaysia's Barisan Nasional Government’ and made no bones about his dismissive views of Bose, whom he called a “Najib apologist”.

“I am perplexed as to how...