Biography of the newly arrested street knight Nguyen Thanh Hai, revealing a sophisticated trick

Nguyen Thanh Hai was once known to the public as a "street knight", associated with voluntary activities to participate in crime prevention in Binh Duong province in the past.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai was born in 1971 in Binh Duong province (formerly) and is known as one of the typical faces of the "street knight" movement.

Nguyen Thanh Hai used to be a widely known member of the voluntary crime prevention model of the Crime Prevention Club of Phu Hoa Ward, Binh Duong Province (formerly).

Mr. Hai has participated in supporting the functional forces in many cases of arresting theft, robbery and criminal acts, which is considered by some residents to be a quick reaction and "help people" in many dangerous situations.

Before 2020, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai was praised as a person of kindness, with the spirit of helping the community, participating in arresting criminals without receiving remuneration, helping people find their property. With his achievements in the movement of the whole people to participate in crime prevention, Mr. Hai has been honored and rewarded many times.

Mr. Hai has participated in supporting the functional forces in many cases of arresting theft, robbery and criminal acts, which is considered by some residents to be a quick reaction and "help people" in many dangerous situations.

Before 2020, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai was praised as a person of kindness, with the spirit of helping the community, participating in arresting criminals without receiving remuneration, helping people find their property. With his achievements in the movement of the whole people to participate in crime prevention, Mr. Hai has been honored and rewarded many times.

The Crime Prevention Club of Phu Hoa Ward, Binh Duong Province (formerly) was established in November 1997, consisting of 10 members. They are active participants in the local movement. With the spirit of courage and resolute attack to catch the subject, they are also affectionately called "SBC knights" (knights of hunting and robbery - PV) by the people here.

In 2019, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai asked to leave the Crime Prevention Club of Phu Hoa Ward, Binh Duong Province (formerly) because he did not agree with some regulations.

When operating in the club, Mr. Hai is forced to comply with regulations on the scope of the area (only in wards/communes) and the reporting and coordination process. However, Mr. Hai said that these constraints reduce flexibility, making the pursuit and prevention of crimes "a waste of time".

Mr. Hai once expressed the opinion that when criminals move quickly or cross the area, if they do not continue to pursue, they will miss the opportunity to arrest. From there, he left the crime prevention club.

After leaving the club, he still referred to himself as a "knight" on social media, but was no longer under the management of the local official Crime Prevention Club.

From the end of 2025, a number of images allegedly of Mr. Hai being arrested have spread on social networks, attracting the attention of the public. From this point, Mr. Hai's personal TikTok page is no longer active and does not have any information about Mr. Hai's violation of the law.

Nguyen Thanh Hai built the image of a "knight to save people" through many social media accounts with a large number of followers, regularly posting videos and articles showing "free rescue, no money".

In fact, when the victim's relatives came to ask for help, Hai asked for money to bring people back, if there was no money, he refused.

Nguyen Thanh Hai's team organizes the reception of people who need to "rescue" at a fixed location, assigns people to record information, record interview videos, stage content, edit clips to post on social networks to create prestige and attract more victims. This is a tactic to promote and find "customers" for criminal acts.

After identifying the person who needed to be "rescued" who was being held in fraudulent areas in Cambodia, Nguyen Thanh Hai hooked up with contacts in Cambodia to get people out of the detention area.

Hai and his accomplices inflated the ransom amount, asked relatives to transfer money in advance through many intermediary accounts, appropriating the difference. The subjects confessed that the money was partly used to pay the Cambodian focal point, the rest Nguyen Thanh Hai and related subjects shared illicit benefits.

After receiving the money, Nguyen Thanh Hai's group organized to bring people from Cambodia to Vietnam by quota, did not carry out immigration procedures, did not have passports or legal papers, seriously infringed on the immigration management order.

The investigating agency said that the case was particularly serious, sophisticated tricks, taking advantage of the gullibility of the people and difficult circumstances to make profits. The fact that some subjects used to have a positive image in society in the past has made it easy for many people to trust, leading to the delivery of money without fully verifying information. However, the authorities emphasized that any assessment of the role, responsibility and extent of each defendant's violation will be determined on the basis of evidence and documents collected during the investigation, and will be concluded by the procedural agency in accordance with the law.

Currently, the case has been prosecuted and is in the stage of expanded investigation. The Investigating Police Agency of the Ho Chi Minh City Police. Ho Chi Minh City continues to clarify the role of each subject in the line, arrest relevant subjects who have not been handled, and at the same time strengthen the file to move to the next stage of proceedings. The defendants were arrested and detained to serve the investigation, ensuring the clarification of the objective facts of the case. The authorities also affirmed the principle that all citizens are equal before the law, no one stands outside or above the law, no matter what image or contribution they have made to society before.

The case of Nguyen Thanh Hai's arrest has attracted great attention from the public, and at the same time raised many problems about the management and supervision of activities in the name of supporting and helping the community. The authorities recommend that when people have needs related to immigration, rescue of relatives abroad or handling legal issues, they should contact the competent authorities directly, should not trust and hand over money to individuals, spontaneous organizations that do not have functions and tasks recognized by law. Up to now, the case is still being investigated in accordance with the legal procedures and all further official information will be announced by the authorities when there are specific results.

Knight Nguyen Thanh Hai specializing in rescuing people in Cambodia was arrested Hoàng Phúc21:34:02 01/01/2026Public opinion is interested in the case of Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai, often called a street knight, who was prosecuted and detained by the Investigating Police Agency, Ho Chi Minh City Police for being involved in a serious crime ring.