THE taller a tree grows, the stronger will the wind blow it to and fro, so the saying goes. However, to Syahril Sabirin, former Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor, retirement does not distance him from various issues. While he faced the scandal of Bank Bali as head of the central bank, after retirement he is blamed for not renouncing the BI facilities he enjoyed. Syahril is even accused of misappropriating BI's land plots by the end of his term of of