Thu, Aug 11, 2011 | 06:34 BST
Injured boy mugged in riot to have PSP replaced by SCEE
Ashraf Haziq – the injured boy who was videoed being mugged of his PSP after being helped to his feet by rioters in London this week – is to have the console replaced by SCEE.
A video of Haziq, 20, having goods taken from his backpack after being apparently assisted by youths, has caused outcry: the Malaysian student had suffered a broken jaw in disturbances and was sitting at the side of the road, obviously bleeding.
Speaking on a site set up to “do something nice” for the youngster, SCEE marketing director Alan Duncan, said the firm would “like to give Ashraf a new PSP and games,” and asked to be put in touch with Haziq or a hospital at which he’s being treated.
A response has been made to Duncan, saying his details will be forthcoming.
“If we can find out how to get it to him we’ll replace the PSP,” added a SCE UK rep.
Namco Bandai has also told us that it’ll send a package of games to Haziq in support of SCEE.
Haziq was caught up in widespread rioting in London on Monday night, the worst disturbances of their kind in recent years.
You can watch the video below.
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Posted in: PSP, Sony, UK
Tags: Alan Duncan, Ashraf Haziq, mugging
37 comments
#1
robmlufc
10/08/11, 4:55 pm
Nice one SCEE, thumbs up.
#2
Razor
10/08/11, 4:58 pm
Video is just totally sickening.
Good job SCEE.
#3
FlyingNimbus
10/08/11, 5:03 pm
Good one Sony, heard they had a distribution centre burned to the ground as well. These rioters are absolutely disgusting!!
#4
Sini
10/08/11, 5:03 pm
Welcome to the human race.
#5
Nozz
10/08/11, 5:07 pm
Thats really nice. Good stuff SCEE!
#6
G1GAHURTZ
10/08/11, 5:14 pm
Sony +1.
#7
Fin
10/08/11, 5:14 pm
Ur, I don’t know if a random post on a random website counts as proof SCEE are going to give him a PSP (unless the “a SCE UK rep” bit was when you went looking for comment).
Come on lads, journalism’s a bit lacking today!
#8
Dralen
10/08/11, 5:15 pm
The riots that are going on in our country are sickening. Everyone of the rioters deserved to be locked up for this.
Good job SCEE. Poor guy must have been really shook up.
#9
humanfish
10/08/11, 5:17 pm
Fucking hats off Sony, bravo!! That video made me so angry. That poor lad must have been so bewildered, and then these c nts come along. Sometimes I wish I was so rich I didn’t have to work, then I could drive around and snatch these wastes of space off the streets and teach’em sone manners.
#10
VancouverBlade
10/08/11, 5:17 pm
This video is truly disgusting. I can only hope something really shitty befalls the scum who stole the poor guy’s stuff.
#11
Aimless
10/08/11, 5:23 pm
Let’s just hope it isn’t a PSPgo. The lad’s been through enough.
#12
NeoSquall
10/08/11, 5:35 pm
This scum should be shot on sight, and not with water cannons.
#13
loki
10/08/11, 5:46 pm
Sony respect
UK police, it’s time to put in place these bastards do not stand aside
#14
Christopher Jack
10/08/11, 5:53 pm
That seems like normal action around my suburbs… & people wonder why I’m cynical about my fellow human beings, they’re no better than a large dog wanting the smaller ones bone.
#15
RandomTiger
10/08/11, 5:59 pm
Good stuff, easy PR win of course but still, good stuff.
#16
freedoms_stain
10/08/11, 6:10 pm
@12, yes the best way to solve violence is to out-violence them.
Derp.
#17
TheWulf
10/08/11, 6:11 pm
It’s funny, I keep noticing that the European arms of console companies are the good sons. Nintendo Europe translated Solatorobo, which I loved the hell out of, and now you see SCEE showing the rest of Sony (are you paying attention?) how to generate good will.
Now if only SCEA could learn a thing or five from this.
#18
Yoshi
10/08/11, 6:13 pm
Ahh it was a psp, I was hoping it wouldn’t be anything that important but nice to see Sony replacing it.
#19
The_Red
10/08/11, 6:22 pm
Glad to hear this.
F*** those assholes that stole from a kid in that situation.
#20
Noodlemanny
10/08/11, 6:31 pm
Hm, that stroll the guy makes as he walks away 0:40. Thats the problem. Hes pleased but the worse bit is it makes him ‘hardcore’ or ‘getto’. Call it what you will but thats the base of alot of problems.
#21
Patrick Garratt
10/08/11, 6:59 pm
Just added a line to this. Namco’s said it’s going to send him some games as well.
#22
NeoSquall
10/08/11, 6:59 pm
@16 Yes, you can’t reason with them.
Their parents failed to educate them and now they’re on the streets burning, sacking and stealing.
They’re like stray, hydrophobic dogs.
There’s no reason to be done with hydrophobic dogs.
@19 he’s not a kid, but a transfer student.
#23
onefivefive
10/08/11, 7:17 pm
Ah good on you Sony. Fair play.
#24
el duderino
10/08/11, 7:28 pm
It’s amazing to see that some people still believe you can bring down violent people without being violent.It brings tear to my eyes.Flower children v2.0
The only thing those punks deserve is a good old beating from police and some jail time.
#25
triggerhappy
10/08/11, 7:43 pm
FUCK SAKE. Prick. Chancing prick.
#26
Patrick Garratt
10/08/11, 7:45 pm
@7 – It was SCE UK that pointed us to Alan’s comment. It’s legit.
#27
Moonwalker1982
10/08/11, 7:48 pm
First it looked like the guy was helping him, but it was only for the other to check his backpack and steal the PSP? Sigh…fucking disgusting.
#28
triggerhappy
10/08/11, 7:50 pm
^ yeh, i was actually eating my dinner when i watched it, still ate it but it didn’t taste as good. That kind of shit sickenss me. Not cool.
#29
Tallon 4
10/08/11, 7:51 pm
Sony +1
I hope that the prick who robbed him gets to do some time in jail
#30
NightCrawler1970
10/08/11, 8:28 pm
http://i.imgur.com/A0kV5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gTJGX.png this punkass bitch to stupid to show himself clearly and how proud he was about his loots….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQkActP-isE&feature=related
this has definitely been the UK national anthem for the last 3 days lol
#31
hypeb147
10/08/11, 8:46 pm
Good move Sony.
#32
g3korn
10/08/11, 11:05 pm
Until proven otherwise I think that whoever stole it was before, and if someone broke their teeth had no more than he deserved.
And if the SONY return an item stolen from his shop which was completely destroyed in the event it is very stupid
After all who would walk with a new PSP inside the backpack was the city in chaos
sorry for the horrible english.
@g3korn ^^
#33
Raiden
11/08/11, 12:35 am
What a shitty situation. What a shame.
#34
Psychotext
11/08/11, 4:54 am
Saw this on another site and just had to track this story down to give Sony a big thumbs up.
/big thumbs up
Good job.
#35
KrazyKraut
11/08/11, 7:27 am
wtf… I thought it was some kind “we are angry about the police” thing…and now this. hope they burn in hell.
@Sony
Nice one!
#36
frostquake
11/08/11, 8:54 am
USA Spin on the Riots is “The Have Nots” have gotten tired of the “Haves” taking everything from them, Showing some Building that was bought in a Slum for 42 Million Dollars and that there were 22 other bidders for that building.
I understand getting tired of the Oppression from the Rich, but going about in the way of Looting, Burning, and attacking the helpless, is just so sickening…they sure could have done this in a very different way!
Unless this is just people looking for a cause to hide the fact that they just want to rob, burn, attack, and destroy!
#37
Crab of Thunder
11/08/11, 10:02 am
This is fucking disgusting, it makes me angry beyond belief. Thank god I’m not a police officer because I don’t care what people say and I’d have those degenerate scum beaten to within an inch of their life.
Things like this are utterly depressing.
Kudos to Sony I guess.