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- ↑ "Election results" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine . Cambodia National Election Committee. Accessed June 18, 2008.
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- ↑ Kunmakara, May. "So Khun, longtime minister of telco, dies | Phnom Penh Post". www.phnompenhpost.com. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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