Ex-actor Ian Fang deported and barred from Singapore over underage sex offences

Former actor Ian Fang has been stripped of his Singaporean permanent resident status and will be deported when he finishes serving a 40-month jail term for having sex with a minor.Shanghai-born Fang’s permanent residency was revoked on Thursday, Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) told The Straits Times. Once released from jail, he will be deported and barred from re-entering the country.Last May, the 35-year-old was sentenced to 40 months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to three counts of sexually penetrating an underage girl. Three similar charges, along with harassment and obstructing the course of justice, were taken into account during sentencing.According to court records, Fang met the 15-year-old victim at an entertainment event in 2024. At the time of the offences, Fang was an acting teacher at First Model School, a modelling school for children aged between four and 14.The two went on to have sex on nine occasions, five of them unprotected, between June and July 2024.After the girl’s mother found out and made a police report in August, Fang admitted to harassing the girl, including repeatedly calling her late at night and pressuring her to plead for leniency on his behalf.