She said it was not claimed in her book that the Sultanah was involved in the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA).

“Rather this is something she claims I claimed and I suspect she misread it or someone misinformed her.

“What I said was that Jho (tycoon Low Taek Jho) boasted of his social connections including her as having given him an entree to her husband who was involved in TIA.

“He boasted the social connections led to him being hired as adviser. It is a fairly tangential issue,” she told FMT.

She was responding to a statement released by the Terengganu Royal Council of Regency demanding that she apologise to the Terengganu Sultanah for making the “irresponsible statement” in her book.

The regency council statement said the Sultanah did not have any relationship with the “Jho” mentioned in the book, adding that the writer of the book should take appropriate measure to correct the facts.

It said the Sultanah had never been involved in the establishment of the TIA.

The statement was referring to the book titled The Sarawak Report: The Inside Story of the 1MDB Expose.

The council denied a statement on the third page of the book, which reads: “Jho was also friendly with a key player in Terengganu, the wife of the sultan, whose acquiescence was needed to set up the fund and he later cited her support as having been crucial to his obtaining the advisory position.”

The book, which tells the story behind the investigation into the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal was launched on Sept 8.

It was previously reported that 1MDB started as TIA, a sovereign wealth fund set up in 2008, which was aimed at spurring sustainable socio-economic development in Terengganu for the long term. TIA was renamed 1MDB in January 2009.

Low is wanted by police in connection with the scandal.