VIP treatment for Ashraf

THE Malaysian student mugged by yobs posing as Good Samaritans during the riots was yesterday given VIP treatment at the Badminton World Championships.

Ashraf Rossli, 20, who was rushed to hospital with a broken jaw after being set upon less than a month after arriving in Britain, was invited to the event at Wembley Arena as the guest of honour by London & Partners, on behalf of London Mayor Boris Johnson.

The grinning student, with his family who have flown from Ampang, near Kuala Lumpur, to be with their son after the incident, met Johnson at the event.