From 1993 to 2005, he was a member of the Board of Legal Education, a body which provided for the training and examination of law graduates seeking admission to the Singapore Bar.
Kan was the judge in the trials of Van Tuong Nguyen[3] and Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, both for drug-trafficking, which resulted in both of their executions by hanging.
However, in a twist of horror, the stepfather of the missing girl confessed to his wife and mother-in-law that he accidentally killed Nonoi when he dipped her into water while trying to stop her crying.
Justice Kan Ting Chiu, who heard the case, found that Mohammed Ali, who repeatedly denied raping Nonoi and insisted that Nonoi died an accidental death, had intentionally immersed his stepdaughter in water and these immersions led to the victim's death, and hence he was guilty of the crime of murder.
[4] On 17 February 2008, Kho Jabing, a 24-year-old Malaysian from Sarawak, went to commit robbery with his 23-year-old accomplice Galing Anak Kujat when they targeted two Chinese construction workers Cao Ruyin and Wu Jun.
Cao Ruyin, who suffered skull fractures and brain injuries as a result of the attack, later died in a coma six days after the crime.
The judges in Singapore were given an option to impose life imprisonment with or without caning for offenders who commit murder but had no intention to kill.
As Kho Jabing was found guilty of such a crime, he was given a chance like all death row inmates to have his sentence reviewed for re-sentencing, and although it was ordered that Kho's case was to be remitted to the original trial judge for re-sentencing, but due to Justice Kan's retirement at that point of time, High Court judge Tay Yong Kwang took over the case instead.