Some 13,000 hill tribe people in Chiang Rai need blankets, winter jackets
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The Mae Fah Lung district office has issued an urgent plea for blankets and winter jackets for some 13,000 poor hill tribe people living on mountaintops in Tambon Mae Salong Nok in Chiang Rai.
The district office said the poor people had to warm themselves by lighting up fires. The temperature there has dropped below 10 Celsius degree at night and in the morning.
The Nation
