Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - If you want to carry your laptop computer or more than one camera on a train in Burma, if you forget to pay a special tax prior to departure you risk being fined, said an official with the Rail Transportation Department.
“If you carry a laptop for personal use without paying tax, you will be fined”, he told Mizzima. The fine applies to both local and express trains. Fines can range up to 4,800 kyat (about US $5.50).
Recently, a person who had to pay a fine because she failed to pay the tax published the receipt on Facebook.
When Mizzima contacted an official from the Rail Transportation Department about the case, he said that anyone who wants to bring a laptop or more than one camera on a train must pay the tax in advance at the freight charges department at the railway station.
The official said that the law was imposed in late 1999.
