42 SDF members get warning for cover-up

Yasukazu Hamada, parliamentary vice minister of the Defense Agency, unveils Dec. 22 at a press meeting that the agency delivered a warning to the 42 officials of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) for their role in hiding documents related to the agency's procurement scandal prior to the prosecutors' raid in early September. ==Kyodo

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