ICA reviewing PR status of convicted sex offenders Ian Fang from China and Lev Panfilov from Russia
Teo Yan Ting
TNP
May 22, 2025
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) is reviewing the permanent resident status of former actors Ian Fang and Lev Panfilov, reported Channel NewsAsia.
Singapore PRs who have been convicted of offences will have their PR status reviewed, the ICA said on May 21.
In 2021, ICA revoked Mr Chong Tet Choe's PR status after he was convicted and sentenced to two weeks' jail for breaching Covid-19 regulations.
"As the review of the PR statuses for Ian Fang and Lev Panfilov is ongoing, we are unable to share more details at this juncture," an ICA spokesperson told CNA.
Fang, whose birth name is Fang Weijie, was sentenced to 40 months' jail on May 19 after he pleaded guilty to sexual offences involving a then 15-year-old minor.
The 35-year-old was born in Shanghai and educated in Singapore.
He pleaded guilty to three counts of sexually penetrating an underage girl. Three similar charges were taken into consideration for sentencing, along with one count of obstructing justice and one count of stalking.
Fang will begin his sentence on June 16.
He was working as an acting instructor at a child modelling school for students aged four to 14 when he met the girl at an entertainment event.
Between June and July 2024, Fang had sex with the teen on nine occasions - five of them unprotected.
Panfilov, a Singapore PR from Russia, was an actor at comedy channel Wah!Banana. He was on March 21 found guilty of raping a woman he met on dating app Tinder.
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