Five Myanmar nationals asked the Philippines on Wednesday to investigate alleged war crimes committed by 10 serving or former members of Myanmar's military against the mainly Christian Chin minority.
Filipino lawyers representing the Myanmar nationals told reporters they lodged the "landmark" criminal complaint against junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and nine others at the Department of Justice in Manila.
They asked prosecutors to open an investigation into alleged war crimes under a Philippine law penalizing "crimes against international humanitarian law, genocide, and other crimes against humanity."
The five Myanmar nationals are from western Chin state, but now live in Australia, Britain, Canada, and India. They were at the justice department in Manila.
Philippine law allows for the prosecution of war crimes committed elsewhere.
One of the stipulations of the law is that the accused must be present in the Philippines.
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