INNOCENT VICTIMS - Governor offers support to Hmong sisters
Chiang Mai authorities on October 7 offered moral and financial support to a hill tribe couple whose daughters were wrongfully accused by the international media of stealing a wristwatch from a foreign visitor at a tourist attraction.
Chiang Mai governor Pawin Chamniprasart and other local officials visited the Hmong family in Muang Chiang Mai district.
Foreign media had posted reports about a foreign tourist claiming her wristwatch had been stolen by the sisters when she was posing for a snapshot with them in Hmong traditional dress.