Tey pointed out that in her CPIB statement, Ms Ko said he had lost his fountain pen, which led to her buying him a $740 Montblanc pen, that was the Frederic Chopin edition, as his belated birthday gift.
Tey told her she had "recalled wrongly" and that his original fountain pen had been found. He admitted his supposedly "lost" pen as evidence.
But Ms Ko explained that she only heard from Tey that he had lost a fountain pen and did not know if he indeed had the pen.
Tey then quickly said: "The defendant does not seek to blame you. The defendant only wants to tell this honorable court that he had never lost his Sheaffer fountain pen, which can indeed be traced back to some 20 years ago."
Tey also tried to make his point that the gifts were an expression of her affection for him as the Montblanc pen had his name engraved on it and the CYC tailored shirts had his initials on the sleeves.