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was a royal tradition of the king, this process is now almost extinct and has only been used three or four times since the restoration of monarchy in 1992, according to Prince
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title to choose between their state positions or private titles in a bid to maintain the good reputation of the government; the majority of them decided to give up their tycoon titles and continue to serve the Khmer nation.
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leadership, while others have seen it as a positive recognition of the emergence of new
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