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On March 11, 1991, Proksch was sentenced to 20 years in prison. A year later, the sentence was increased to a lifelong term in prison. Several ex-Ministers were also eventually convicted over their involvement. The ex-Minister of
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sank in the Indian Ocean, after an explosion, killing six people. Proksch, the owner of the cargo, also then owner of famous
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mining equipment. Fraud was suspected; but investigations were obstructed by powerful
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Proksch died on 27 June 2001, during heart surgery.
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