Chav Scum Rob Injured Student During London Riots (8 August 2011)
Malaysian student and riot victim Asyraf Haziq: "This thing happened so sudden"
London riots: Man held over Asyraf Haziq Barking mugging
A man has been arrested over an attack on a Malaysian student who was mugged by apparent Good Samaritans after rioters attacked him in east London.
Police said the suspect, believed to be in his 20s, was being held on suspicion of robbery in connection with the incident in Barking on Monday night.
The attack on Asyraf Haziq, 20, made headlines after it appeared on YouTube.
Mr Haziq had been on his bicycle on his way to a friend's house when he was targeted by rioters.
A short while later, footage showed Mr Haziq sitting on the floor bleeding when he was approached by a group of youths.
They were seen seeming to help him before rifling through his rucksack, stealing his wallet and mobile phone.
The student, from Kuala Lumpur, has been allowed home from hospital after undergoing surgery on his jaw, which was broken in the attack.
Speaking at a press conference after the operation, Mr Haziq said he had no ill-feeling about what had happened and wanted to stay in Britain to complete his studies.
'Britain is great'
He said: "My family are worried about me and my mother would like me to go home. But I am determined to stay.
"Britain is great. Before I came here I was very eager and I haven't got any ill-feeling about what happened.
"I feel very sorry for the people who did this. It was really sad because among them were children."
He also thanked those who had set up a website to raise money for him.
A message on the "Let's Do Something Nice For Asyraf Haziq" site said just less than £4,000 had been donated by Wednesday night.
On Wednesday, footage of the student recalling his ordeal from his hospital bed was posted online by a friend.
In it, he said his attackers "threatened to stab me, they told me they had knives".
He added: "Some of them were quite young, maybe still in primary school. They had their hoods on and demanded my bicycle."
Mr Haziq said two girls and a woman who lived nearby had helped him following the incident.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the attack had left him "disgusted".
Mr Haziq is due to have an operation for a broken jaw at the Royal London hospital, Whitechapel
England riots: YouTube mugging victim 'recovering'
A Malaysian student who was filmed being mugged after rioters attacked him in London is recovering in hospital.
The attack in Barking on Mohd Asyraf Haziq, 20, on Monday night, made headlines after it was put on YouTube.
Dzuhair Hanafiah, chairman of the London UMNO Club, an organisation which takes care of Malaysian people in the capital, said Mr Haziq was "in good spirits".
He said he was due to have surgery on his jaw at the Royal London Hospital.
Mr Hanafiah, who visited the accountancy student in hospital on Tuesday night, said Mr Haziq had been on his bicycle on his way to a friend's house when he was attacked by a group of youths.
Bleeding
"They wanted his bicycle - one of them took it away. Asyraf said he was no more than 12 years old. Another person took his mobile phone. Then someone punched or knocked him with an object, he can't remember what, but when he regained consciousness he was bleeding," he told the BBC.
Mr Hanafiah said the friend who was with Mr Haziq, who was also on a bicycle, managed to escape.
The YouTube clip - which has been viewed more than a million times - shows a group of young men appearing to try to assist Mr Haziq, helping him to his feet, only for them to rummage through the contents of his rucksack and remove items, leaving him to stagger off in a daze.
"According to Asyraf, a different group then came and stole his Sony PSP, a game console, but they didn't manage to find his wallet. He thinks they may have been part of the same gang, but there were about 20 people," said Mr Hanafiah.
He said Mr Haziq was "really shaken at that point" but was rescued by a local woman who took him back to her house, and then managed to contact a friend of his through Facebook, who came and picked him up.
Mr Hanafiah said as the swelling got worse, the friend realised Mr Haziq - who had won a scholarship to study in the UK and had arrived in London only last month - needed more treatment and he went to hospital.
Speaking about the attack, Mr Hanafiah said Mr Haziq was "shocked that he had been beaten up, and that he couldn't defend himself", but he believed he was all right.
"He wants justice to be upheld, he knows a police report will be lodged and he hopes the police will take action. None of his property has been found.
'Rescue missions'
"But he looked pretty cheerful. He's due to have surgery today for a broken jaw, he's got some broken teeth, but he seems in good spirits," he said.
Mr Hanafiah said Mr Haziq told him the attack would not deter him from studying accountancy at Kaplan Financial in London Bridge, and he wanted to continue to live in Barking.
But he said some other Malaysian students in London had been in contact over the past few days with concerns, and there had been a few "rescue missions".
"At 4am we had a call from a lady in Peckham who didn't feel safe, so we went and picked her up, and she is now staying in a student hostel in Bayswater.
"We've also moved five of Asyraf's friends from Barking to the hostel," he said.
Asked whether Mr Haziq had seen the clip on YouTube, Mr Hanafiah said he had.
"He knows about it, he was laughing when he saw it, but he doesn't know the extent of the YouTube effect on him yet," he said.
Mr Hanafiah said there were about 12,500 Malaysian students in the UK; about 4,000 of them are government-sponsored students.
A spokesman for the Malaysian high commission said it had offered consular assistance to Mr Haziq and that the deputy high commissioner, Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah, had visited him in hospital.
Re: Chav Scum Rob Injured Student During London Riots (8 August 2011)
Disgusting fuckers
The country is full of chav scum like this, never worked a days work in their lives and sponge off the government for all they can get.
The more i think about the more i know i want to leave this country far behind.
Disgusting fuckers
The country is full of chav scum like this, never worked a days work in their lives and sponge off the government for all they can get.
The more i think about the more i know i want to leave this country far behind.
