The Emergency Arrest of a Gifted School Teacher
According to official reports from the People’s Public Security Newspaper, a dramatic shift occurred on July 6. The Investigative Agency of the Tuyen Quang Provincial Police officially executed an emergency arrest warrant for 28-year-old Nguyen Ha Duy (born in 1998), a faculty member at the prestigious Tuyen Quang High School for the Gifted.
The serious charge leveled against him is:
“Abusing position and power while performing official duties” under Article 356 of the Penal Code.
Law enforcement officials executing the emergency arrest warrant for Nguyen Ha Duy. Photo: Tuyen Quang Provincial Police
On that same day, the Tuyen Quang Provincial People’s Procuracy swiftly approved the arrest warrant. This marks the latest escalation as state detectives pull back the layers on an impossible statistic—an unprecedented surge of over 140 students securing perfect 10s on their 2026 Mathematics graduation exam.
Secrets Unveiled at the Police Press Briefing
Hours before the arrest shook the academic community, the sheer scale of the brewing crisis began to surface. Reports from VOV revealed that on July 6, the Tuyen Quang Provincial Police convened a high-profile press conference summarizing law enforcement operations for the first half of 2026.
Amid routine security briefs, police leadership dropped a bombshell update regarding the high-stakes exam investigation. They focused specifically on a staggering pocket of 146 perfect math scores concentrated entirely at the Tuyen Quang High School for the Gifted testing site.
During the briefing, Colonel Hoang Van Manh, Deputy Director of the Provincial Police, emphasized that the case remains under active, aggressive investigation to uncover the full depth of the manipulation.
Detailing the swift tactical response, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Pham Thanh Son, Deputy Head of Internal Political Security (PA03), confirmed that the emergency detention order was deployed the moment clear criminal violations were detected. The target of that order was Nguyen Ha Duy.
A High-Stakes Investigation Under Direct Command
Senior Lieutenant Colonel Son noted that while initial investigative details had been quietly gathered, the operation has now escalated. Detectives are pushing forward under strict, urgent directives issued by the Ministry of Public Security, the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People’s Committee, and top police brass.
The countdown to this structural crisis began on July 1, the exact moment the 2026 National High School Graduation Exam results were unleashed. During a routine data sweep, the Ministry of Education and Training flagged glaring, statistically highly improbable anomalies in Tuyen Quang’s math scores.
By July 2, a federal task force from the Ministry descended directly upon Tuyen Quang. They embedded with local authorities to ruthlessly audit the exam records and dissect the entire testing system according to strict national protocols.
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