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Consultant Jenny Ng Pui-ying, who openly criticized the government during the free-to-air TV license debacle, has demanded her ex-husband settle legal fees amounting to HK$1.5 million.

In an advertisement in The Standard on Monday, Ng, 50, the former head of the Hong Kong office of Spectrum Strategy Consultants, demanded Mark Richard Charlton Sutherland pay her HK$1.48 million in court fees.

Ng also said in the advertisement: "If you consider you have grounds to set aside the Statutory Demand, you should apply to the court within 18 days," adding that Sutherland has 21 days to settle the payment, or a bankruptcy petition will be presented to the court.

The amount was determined by judges after trials between the pair arguing for the rights of access of their children.

Family court judge Tse Ching Adriana Noelle ordered Sutherland to pay Ng HK$1.4 million on June 25 in legal costs.

Johnson Lam Man-hon and Bebe Chu Pui-ying ordered Sutherland to pay Ng a further HK$77,465 on January 5, 2018, after he lost the appeal.

Ng had filed a petition for divorce in May 2017 following scuffles with Sutherland in their residence in Pok Fu Lam.

Ng was sacked by her consultancy company after speaking out about the government's controversial decision on free-to-air TV licences in 2013, for which the company compiled a report on free-to-air television licenses for the government.

Ng later accused the government of misquoting her firm's report after it rejected Hong Kong Television Network's application.

Ex-hubby asked to pay up in newspaper ad