[9] Hai was jailed for six weeks before trial in Feltham Young Offenders Institution, where he says he overheard other prisoners plotting to set fire to him with petrol.
According to the note, the majority of the jurors exhibited an "underlying prejudice of some description" towards the Bangladeshi boys before them and presumed their guilt, including Hai's, before any evidence was presented.
The note claimed that the majority of the jury were convinced of Hai's guilt despite there being "absolutely no evidence to support this at all", and would have convicted him had the judge not directed them not to.
[3] On his personal website, Hai writes that the "miscarriage of justice" he experienced left him "determined to make the world a better place", and that this is what motivated him to join the Labour Party.
[5] According to The Guardian, Hai once successfully sued to pulp a book that had repeated claims against him, and has had to have Wikipedia content edited to make his innocence clear.
[2] In August 2024, the thirtieth anniversary of the murder, far-right activist Tommy Robinson stated on X that Miah, Akbar, and Hai had been "convicted" of the killing.
[10] In 2019, he put forward a motion calling for the adoption of the definition of Islamophobia by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims, which was carried.
This led to opposition from faith leaders and politicians due to the obligation under Jewish and Muslim law to bury the dead as soon as possible.
When the policy was struck down by the courts as unlawful later that year, Hai called it a "resounding victory for those who have campaigned for the coroner's service to be brought into the 21st Century".
[23][21] The taskforce developed the ENGAGE programme, which connects youth workers to under-18s in police custody to provide them with support and attempt to reduce reoffending.