[August 12, 2011] Malaysian student's parents leaving for England today Tweet Aug 12, 2011 (The Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ANN) -- The parents of the Malaysian student attacked and robbed by rioters in London will fly to England today. Umno Information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan said it would sponsor three flight tickets worth about 20,000 ringgit (US$6,660) for Mohd Asyraf Haziq Rossli's parents and his younger brother. "The London Umno Club will meet them at the airport and will arrange accommodation and food expenses during the stay," he said after meeting the family at Putra World Trade Centre yesterday. Mohd Asyraf's mother Maznah Abu Mansoor, 47, said she was relieved that Umno had stepped forward to help. "Before this, we were on our own, asking for help from friends and family," said the teacher. She added that Wisma Putra had contacted her at 5am yesterday to say that her son's jaw corrective surgery had been successful and that he was doing well. He left the hospital yesterday. Maznah said she had also accepted Mohd Asyraf's wish to continue studying there although she was shocked by the assault. "We were stunned when we watched the YouTube video and saw him bleeding," said Maznah, who will be in London with her husband, ex-army officer Rossli Harun, 49, and her youngest son Muhammad Fitri, eight, for at least a week. In Kota Kinabalu, Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said Kaplan University, where Mohd Asyraf is studying, had also offered to fly his parents to London, adding that the offer was made when its officials met Malaysian officials on Wednesday. In Kajang, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said there were lessons to be learnt from the riots, adding that Malaysians should be grateful. He said it was important to ensure there were no such riots due to the country's multi-racial and multi-religious society. "It is an issue which we should not take lightly," Hishammuddin said, adding that it was up to the public to decide if their perception of the police, who came under fire for Bersih 2.0, had changed due to events in Britain. To see more of the Asia News Network, go to http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/ Copyright (c) 2011, The Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Asia News Network Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]