In October 2010, she led a group of
Hukawng Valley farmers whose lands had been confiscated (over 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
2010 Burmese general election, she contested the a seat in the
Pyithu Hluttaw for the
Hpakant Township constituency, running against
Ohn Myint, a former military general. On 7 January 2011, she submitted an official grievance to the UEC. In July 2013, she was arrested on politically motivated charges of
negligent homicide of a man killed in 2008. The deceased victim's wife, Kai Am, asked to withdraw the charges in September 2013. She was freed on 24 January 2014. ==References==