Bawk Ja
| Bawk Ja Lum Nyoi | |
|---|---|
| Native name | ဘောက်ဂျာ |
| Born |
4 December 1967 (age 49) Burma |
| Residence | Aungya village, Hpakant Township, Kachin State |
| Alma mater | Yangon University |
| Occupation | Activist, Politician |
| Political party | National Democratic Force |
Bawk Ja Lum Nyoi (Burmese: ဘောက်ဂျာ, born 4 December 1967) is an ethnic Kachin land rights activist and politician from Burma (Myanmar). She serves as the chair of the National Democratic Force's Kachin State branch. She lives in Aungya village, Hpakant Township.
She matriculated from Basic Education High School in Kyauktada Township, Rangoon. In 1993, she graduated from Yangon University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.
In October 2010, she led a group of Hukawng Valley farmers whose lands had been confiscated (over 220,000 acres (890 km2) of farmland), and sued Yuzana Company and its chairman Htay Myint (MP), over the illegal land confiscations. Her advocacy work brought her national attention.
In the Burmese general election, 2010, she contested the a seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw for the Hpakant Township constituency, running against Ohn Myint, a former military general. The Union Election Commission (UEC) declared Ohn Myint the winner, despite fraud allegations and voting irregularities. Ohn Myint had won the election by a margin of 7,793 votes, with a massive 13,255 votes declared invalid.
On 7 January 2011, she submitted an official grievance to the UEC. As part of a bargain between Ohn Myint, she agreed to withdraw her complaint contingent on Ohn Myint's commitment to pave roads in the township and suspend the Myitsone Dam project.
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