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I te wā o te noho a Hapanihi ki Cambodia, ka whakapuakina e te kingi taitamariki a Norodom Sihanouk he rangatiratanga motuhake o Kampuchea, whai muri i te tono a te Hapanihi. I muri tata mai i taua wa ka whakamanahia e te kawanatanga o Hapani te mana motuhake o Kambodia ka whakatu he kaunihera i Phnom Penh. I whakakahoretia e te kawanatanga hou te romanization o te reo Khmer i timata te whakahaere koroni French ki te whakatinana me te whakahoki mai i te tuhinga Khmer. Ko tēnei mahi a te mana kāwanatanga poto, he mea rongonui, he mea roa hoki, mai i taua wā, kāore anō tētahi kāwanatanga o Kambodia i whakamātau ki te whakawātea i te reo Khmer.