{"id":824,"date":"2025-06-17T01:58:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/former-actor-ian-fang-surrenders-to-court-to-begin-40-month-jail-sentence\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T01:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:58:39","slug":"former-actor-ian-fang-surrenders-to-court-to-begin-40-month-jail-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/former-actor-ian-fang-surrenders-to-court-to-begin-40-month-jail-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Former actor Ian Fang surrenders to court to begin 40-month jail sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former actor Fang Weijie, better known as Ian Fang, surrendered himself to the State Courts just before noon on June 16 to begin his 40-month jail sentence.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old had pleaded guilty on May 19 to three counts of sexually penetrating an underage girl.<\/p>\n

Five other charges, including sexual penetration of an underage girl, harassment and obstructing the course of justice, were taken into account during sentencing.<\/p>\n

Fang, who was accompanied by his mother, spoke to the media outside the State Courts.<\/p>\n

“I definitely will try my best to be a better person, a better version of myself. It is an expensive and very huge mistake that I need to pay off.<\/p>\n

“I believe it will definitely make me a better person. I really hope that everyone can give me a chance, to show that I can be the person you want me to be,” he said, bowing after he made the comments.<\/p>\n

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His mother, who did not identify herself, said they want to apologise to everyone.<\/p>\n

“Please give him a chance,” she added.<\/p>\n

Fang had pleaded guilty on May 19 to sexual offences against a student, who was 15 years old at the time. She cannot be named because of a court-imposed gag order.<\/p>\n

He first met the victim on May 4, 2024, at an entertainment event and exchanged contact details with her. The pair conversed daily and grew closer.<\/p>\n

Between June and July 2024, Fang had sex with the teen on nine occasions.<\/p>\n

In earlier proceedings, the prosecution said he had unprotected sex with the teen on five of the occasions. He used a condom only when she insisted.<\/p>\n

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At the time of the offences, Fang was employed as an acting teacher at First Model, a modelling school for children aged between four and 14.<\/p>\n

He was previously an actor with national broadcaster Mediacorp until May 2023.<\/p>\n

The girl’s mother made a police report in August 2024, after she learnt that the pair had been having sexual relations.<\/p>\n

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Fang, who was accompanied by his mother, spoke to the media outside the State Courts. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

After police investigations began, Fang got in touch with the girl through social media, asking her to contact him despite being warned by officers not to contact her.<\/p>\n

During their conversations, he told her he would kill himself if he had to go to jail.<\/p>\n

The prosecution said the girl had suicidal thoughts after Fang kept contacting her to ask her to persuade her mother to withdraw the charges.<\/p>\n

The teen was eventually admitted to the Institute of Mental Health and diagnosed with adjustment disorder.<\/p>\n

The prosecution said that she will “continue to live with the burden of Fang’s actions, even with the conclusion of this case”.<\/p>\n

The former actor was identified in court after District Judge Eddy Tham lifted the gag order on his identity following an application by the prosecution.<\/p>\n

In sentencing him, the judge said that Fang knew what he was doing each time he visited the teen.<\/p>\n

“It was not a one-off event. He had taken advantage of an emotional vulnerability,” the judge said.<\/p>\n

“His attempt to gaslight the victim for the sole purpose of saving his own neck, without any concern for her welfare, also led to more harm to the victim.”<\/p>\n

Helplines<\/h2>\n

Mental well-being<\/h2>\n