Children of elite set for top spots in Cambodian government

With upcoming change of leader, key posts remain within influential networks

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Hun Manet, son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, at a polling station after voting in Phnom Penh on July 23. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi) 

SHAUN TURTON, Contributing writer

PHNOM PENH -- With incoming Prime Minister Hun Manet front and center, 48 members of Cambodia's ruling elite posed for a photo on the polished stone steps of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) headquarters on Thursday, in what appears to be a look at the Southeast Asian country's new cabinet.

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