De Chazal and Miller will next appear in court on February 13, but in the meantime a little more information about the attack on the Filipino man has been released.

It's alleged that De Chazal and Miller were having a party on a rooftop terrace overlooking the street where the incident took place. When the Filipino man lay down on the discarded sofa, De Chazal and Miller are believed to have gone outside and set the man on fire. When a good Samaritan (who was black) tried to help, he was assaulted and called at least one racial epithet.

This is what we've been told, however we will know more when the details are covered in the media.

UPDATE: Story carried covered on the CBC.

Man set on fire in spontaneous attack, witnesses saidCBC News    Posted: Jan 23, 2012 5:13 PM PT Witnesses claim two alleged members of a white supremacist group charged with a racially motivated assault spontaneously targeted a Filipino man they saw sleeping on a discarded couch, CBC News has learned.
According to information police used to obtain a search warrant, Alistair Miller and Robert de Chazal were partying in an upstairs apartment on Commercial Drive in East Vancouver on Oct. 10, 2009 when they spotted a man asleep on a sofa outside the building.

One witness claims hearing one of them say, "Let’s go light him on fire," the document says.

Another witness claims to have seen Miller, “pour the kerosene on the man and then saw de Chazal light him on fire," according to the document.

That's when a black man driving by stopped and intervened.

According to the document, a witness said the two accused then attacked the Good Samaritan and shouted a racial slur at him.

Police contend the two accused eventually fled the scene, leaving the victim with burns to his chest, head and arm. He was treated in hospital and released. 

Charges were laid against Miller, 20, and de Chazal, 25, in December.

A lawyer for the two men appeared in court Monday, when a judge scheduled another appearance for Feb. 13.

De Chazal is also facing charges related to an assault on a black man. He is alleged to have carried out that attack with Shawn MacDonald, 39, who was charged earlier for separate assaults on a black man, a Hispanic man and an aboriginal woman.

None of the charges have been proven in court.

Miller, de Chazal and MacDonald are believed to have ties with an internationally recognized hate group known in B.C. as Blood and Honour, police said.