text: The new King resumed the ways of the two previous monarchs , abolishing laws against adultery and prostitution and taking up with his half sister ; but powerful interests , particularly those of the flourishing foreign business community ( which would be increasingly dominated by the descendants of the first missionaries ) , were intent on usurping the throne , in effect if not in name .
  
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  The new King did nothing for any new laws and had no enemies .