The murders of Adam Lloyd and Vanessa Arscott in the Thai town of Kanchanaburi on September 9, 2004, were blamed on Somchai Wisetsingh, a decorated Thai police Officer.
At that time, due to political and religious persecution in Burma, predominantly Pwo-Karen from the hinterlands of Moulmein and Tavoy migrated into the area northeast of the Three Pagodas Pass, where they received formal settlement rights from the Siamese Governor of Kanchanaburi.
Vajiralongkorn Dam, formerly named the Khao Laem Dam, is a concrete-face rock-fill dam (CFRD) in Thong Pha Phum district in Kanchanaburi, Thailand.