USING anonymous accountsconcealing their identities to cover their crimesthey take advantage when information comes like a flood, inundating social media sites. Using the microblogging site Twitter, they spread controversial stories to attract attention. Although these stories are often a mix of fact and fantasy, some followers actually believe them.

SETYA knows when he needs to serve the powerful, when to lobby, to make friends, to appease his political foes or to share his gain with others. He is a prototype of today's politicians, when politics means a way of getting to the top, not a way to serve the people.

MICRO loans (KUR) are a noble initiative. The program helps farmers and small businesses who find it difficult to qualify for regular bank loans. Unfortunately the KUR program is hamstrung by irregularities that have resulted in non-performing loans.

THE Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to be commended for limiting credit interest rates. The FSA's policy should have brought down interest rates and as such, the banks' interest rates would go back to being a conducive factor for business and the national economy.

LEONARDUS Benjamin (Benny) Moerdani was a chapter in the history of modern Indonesia. He appeared at the beginning of the 'times of change', in an era the Republic's founder was preparing to step down and be replaced-not without injury-by a regime that would govern Indonesia for more than three decades.

THERE is an unhealthy rivalry between the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police (Polri). In recent years, there have been many clashes between the two law and order enforcers. The shooting of four TNI members during the search of an illegal fuel storage facility in Batam last Sunday added to the long list of TNI-Polri battles.