Jennifer Pan

Jennifer Pan
Born	1986
Parent(s)	Huei Hann Pan Bich Ha
Relatives	Felix

Jennifer Pan is a Canadian woman convicted of hiring a kill-for-hire targeting both of her parents, in response to alleged pressures by her parents.

Bich Ha and Huei Hann Pan were Vietnamese-born ethnically Chinese Vietnamese immigrants to Canada. Hann was born and educated in Vietnam, moving to Canada in 1979 as a political refugee. Bich (pronounced “Bick”) also immigrated as a refugee. The couple were married in Toronto; they lived in the Scarborough neighborhood of Toronto. Their two children are Jennifer, born 1986, and Felix, born 1989. The couple found work at Magna International, an auto parts manufacturer in Aurora, Ontario, near Toronto. Hann worked as a tool and die maker, while Bich made car parts. The couple were persistent and worked hard for their money to ensure that their children had the upbringing and opportunities they themselves had missed out on. Hann and Bich were thrifty and by 2004 they were financially stable enough to purchase a "large" house with a two-car garage on a residential street in Markham, a town with a "large Asian population." Bich drove a Lexus ES 300 and Hann drove a Mercedes-Benz. They had accumulated $200,000 (Canadian) in savings.

Hann and Bich set many goals for their children and had extremely high expectations of them. Jennifer was made to take piano lessons at the age of four, as well as figure skating classes whereby she trained most days during the week. Jennifer had hopes of becoming an Olympic figure skating champion until she tore a ligament in her knee. She attended Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School, where she played the flute in the school band. According to Jennifer's high school friend Karen K. Ho, Hann was seen as "the classic tiger dad," and Jennifer's mother, Bich, was "his reluctant accomplice." Hann and Bich picked Jennifer up when school lessons ended each day and monitored her extracurricular activities very carefully. Her parents never permitted her to date boys or have a boyfriend whilst attending high school. She was not allowed to attend high school dances or proms out of fear that these activities would distract her from her studies and other commitments. Jennifer was not permitted to attend any parties while her parents believed that she was attending university. At the age of 22, "she had never gone to a club, been drunk, visited a friend’s cottage or gone on vacation without her family." Jennifer and her friends reportedly regarded this upbringing as restricting and greatly oppressive.

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