Owners pay huge amounts to get back seized motor cycles; How Taxation Makes the People Poor; Burmese soldier shoots at boy for motor cycle; Arbitrary and Illegal Taxation Practices in Burma: I. Introduction; II. Different Taxation - A. Working Abroad Tax; B. Taxes Collected by the Army - Case 1: Paddy Tax; Case 2: Gambling Tax; Case 3: Tax on Public Gatherings; Case 4: Security Tax; Case 5: Militia Training Tax... C. Family List Tax...D. Check Point Taxation - Case 1: Border Crossing Tax; Case: 2 Village Restrictions...E. Taxes in Lieu of Forced Labor...F. Tax on Gas-pipeline...G. Castor Oil Tree Taxes...H. Orchard Tax...V. Bribery...APPENDIX: Government Legal tax on Foreign Investment and Overseas Workers - Taxation: (i) Personal income tax; (ii) Business taxes; (iii) Capital gains tax.