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Sometime before his arrest in the Aug. 12 incident, Van Phu, 55, called his parole officer to report he had punched a man, and was worried the victim wouldn’t survive, a law enforcement source told the Daily News.

Jesus Cortes, was left with a fractured skull and a brain bleed after the attack by Bui Van Phu, 55, a week ago. He has since had brain surgery and is in a coma.

Brutal surveillance footage shows the moment two 16-year-olds were tossed down a flight of stairs before being beaten and robbed by five assailants in a Bronx apartment complex on Saturday.

Police union president Clyde Boatwright condemned the people and policies responsible for releasing the New York City sucker-punch suspect back onto the street.

Bui Van Phu, who was turned loose this past Thursday following a hearing in the ugly assault, was ordered locked up after a state Corrections official revealed to a judge that Van Phu was a member of the notorious Born to Kill street gang and charged that he remained a threat to the community.

Bui Van Phu, 55, a registered sex offender on lifetime parole, was allowed to walk straight out of court on supervised release without bail until Hochul demanded he stay behind bars.

New York City sucker-punch suspect Bui Van Phu, initially sprung from jail without bail following the unprovoked attack on Jesus Cortes, is back at Rikers over a parole violation.

Off Video NYC Explosive Punch Assault Caught on Video A convicted sex offender has been arrested in connection with the brutal, unprovoked attack on a

A suspect was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly sucker punched an unsuspecting individual outside a Bronx Restaurant.

Bui Van Phu was taken in without incident after a meeting with his parole officer on a Department of Corrections and Community Supervision warrant, authorities said.