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Friday morning, he was picked up by the state Department of Corrections and taken back into custody after the governor stepped in.
Bui Van Phu, 55, a registered sex offender on lifetime parole, was allowed to walk straight out of Bronx Criminal Court on supervised release without bail Thursday afternoon.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed Friday that police had once again arrested Bui Van Phu, the man who allegedly randomly punched a stranger in the back of the head in the Bronx last week.
The attacker who allegedly sucker punched a New York City man was arrested for a parole violation after walking free following the attack.
The sister of the man who was punched in a vicious unprovoked attack outside a New York City restaurant excoriated the suspect and hailed police for his arrest, saying that she has no plans to forgive him.