Business Enquiries: https://www.thebluecats.com.sg/ Ian Fang, a former Mediacorp actor who won several Star Awards, left the company in 2023 to become a content creator and acting teacher at a child modeling school. In mid-2024, he met a 15-year-old girl at an entertainment event and subsequently engaged in sexual acts with her in various locations including hotel rooms, his home, and a hospital. After his arrest in August 2024, he pleaded guilty to sexual offenses involving a minor under 16 years old and was sentenced to 40 months in jail on 19 May 2025. The article explains why caning wasn't included in Ian Fang's sentence, despite it being a common punishment for sexual offenses in Singapore. The legal distinction hinges on Section 376A of the Penal Code, which is divided into two subsections: 376A(2)(a) applies to offenders in relationships "exploitative of the victim" and includes caning as a possible punishment, while 376A(2)(b) doesn't mention exploitative relationships and only provides for jail time or fines. Although Ian Fang was an acting teacher at a child modeling school, it's unclear from reports whether he taught the victim directly. Under Singapore law, exploitative relationships are presumed in specific scenarios like parent-child, teacher-student, or doctor-patient relationships. While prosecutors stated that Fang had exploited the victim, they apparently didn't classify the relationship itself as "exploitative" under the legal definition, which explains why he received jail time without caning.