The Federal Court has instructed legal firm Tan Hock Chuan and Co to place advertisements or hire a courier before discharging itself from representing 1MDB.

The firm is representing 1MDB in a suit filed by the Pakatan Harapan-linked Gerakan Anak Muda Tolak Najib (GANT1).

Federal Court judge Justice Zainun Ali told lawyer Michelle Lai to use a “substitute service” when the latter informed the court that the firm is unable to get instructions from its client...