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The divorce between Michael Hotung and former TVB actress Katie Chan Fok-sang is turning into a public stand-off, and at the centre of the dispute are three diamond rings that he wants her to return.
Yesterday Hotung's mother, Winnie Ho Yuen-ki, backed her son in a statement, denying she had given the three diamond rings - worth more than HK$30 million - as presents for her daughters and daughter-in-law. 
Ho, Stanley Ho Hung-sun's estranged sister, said she decided in October to give the rings to a trust fund set up by her. 
'Katie should not have refused to hand over the three rings,' she said. 'She twisted the facts and tried to win the public's sympathy by confusing the facts with her divorce with Michael.'
Chan, 49, held a press conference last Monday  to announce her divorce from Hotung over his 'unreasonable behaviour', on which she did not elaborate. The couple have been married for about 20 years.
She said he had filed a lawsuit against her demanding the return of three rings, which she said were Ho's gift to her daughters and daughter-in-law. 
Chan, who for 10 years acted as an adviser and spokeswoman for her mother-in-law, described how she had been kept away from Ho since October. 
Ho's daughter, Anita Mak,  made a similar claim, saying she had not seen her mother for eight years, since the two became involved in a spate of lawsuits over money matters. 
'We tried meeting [Ho] several times but Michael never allowed it. He bars the maid from passing on our messages to [Ho],' Chan said.
But in her statement, issued in Chinese, Ho said that she has cut back on outings and meetings simply because of her old age, though she was in good health. 
She said she was not coerced in her decision to give the rings to the trust fund. 
'If anyone ever attempts to mislead the media again over my personal life or damage the trust fund's reputation, I do not rule out taking legal action to defend my rights,' she said.
Chan applied to the court earlier this month to freeze the transaction of nine properties in her pursuit of alimony against Hotung. The couple are expected to meet in the Family Court in February.



Tug of war over diamond rings heats up in celebrity divorce