Myo Win Tun and Zaw Naing Tun appeared at the Myanmar-Bangladesh border in August after leaving their military posts, according to media reports. Read more: ICC approves probe into violence against Rohingya in Myanmar How did the two men reach The Hague? The two men have not been officially charged with any crime. In a statement sent to DW, the ICC said it would not comment on an ongoing investigation. It is unclear how the ICC will respond to the apparent confession in the videos. The ICC is currently investigating whether leaders of Myanmar's military, the Tatmadaw, committed crimes against the Rohingya. Widespread atrocities committed against the Muslim-minority Rohingya living in the Myanmar's northwest have been documented by UN investigators and rights groups. The videos provide the most detailed account so far directly from the alleged perpetrators of what the UN has called a "textbook case of genocide." DW was able to verify the content of the video in cooperation with Rohingya activists.
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The videos were filmed by the Arakan Army (AA), a Rakhine rebel group fighting the Myanmar military, and released by the NGO Fortify Rights, which claims it has analyzed the footage and found it to be credible. Read more: Aung San Suu Kyi in The Hague for Rohingya genocide showdown They gave the names and ranks of 17 other soldiers who they say committed atrocities, including six senior commanders who ordered them to "exterminate" all Rohingya.
Zaw Naing Tun, 30, said he stood guard while his senior officers raped Rohingya women. Myo Win Tun, 33, said he was ordered to "shoot all that you see and hear," adding that he committed rape during the operations. In July, the two admitted on camera to being involved in the killings of around 180 civilians during military operations in 2017, which forced some 750,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. Two Myanmar soldiers are currently believed to be in custody at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, two months after they confessed on video to "exterminating" minority Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state.