On February 7, Ho Chi Minh City Police held a ceremony to announce the Prime Minister's decision and award the Fatherland's Gratitude certificate to martyr Le Thanh Hai. Major General Ta Van Dep - Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Police chaired the ceremony.
Previously, on the night of August 10, 2020, a group of subjects organized illegal sand pumping and suction on the Dong Nai River, passing through Thanh Hoi commune, Tan Uyen city, former Binh Duong province.
At this time, the patrol team of Thanh Hoi Commune Police including Major Le Thanh Hai (born in 1985) who is Deputy Head of Thanh Hoi Commune Police as Team Leader and 3 standing militiamen of the commune, discovered and controlled the motorboat to approach the boat for inspection.
Seeing the functional forces, the sand dredgers sank the boat and jumped into the river to escape. Due to the large amount of sand poured into the water, it created a strong whirlpool, sinking the patrol boat. Suddenly swept away by the water, 3 militiamen luckily swam ashore, while Thanh Hoi Commune Police Deputy Chief Le Thanh Hai drowned and died.
The Investigation Police Agency then urgently arrested the related subjects to investigate the act of murder and this group was sentenced to 8 to 14 years in prison.
