Taipei - A Taiwan man who peeped at a neighbour changing her clothes and complained to her that her breasts were too small has been indicted, a newspaper said Thursday.

Police alleged that the man, identified only by his surname Liao, had spied for two years on his neighbour Liu, 30, who lived in an apartment 5 metres from his balcony, to the United Daily News said.

Police said that on July 29, Liao stole a letter from Liu's mailbox, opened it and wrote on the back: "You are very graceful when you take off your clothes, but your breasts are too small. I hope you can wear less or wear nothing at all when you are at home. I have been watching you for a long time, so you don't need to be shy."

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police on Thursday shot dead four suspects, including two foreigners, believed to be involved in a spate of recent armed robberies in the northern state of Penang, news reports said.

The suspects, in their 30s and 40s, were driving toward a housing estate before dawn = when they realized they were being tailed by the police, deputy state police chief Salleh Mat Rasid said.

Salleh said the eight-member police team opened fire on the suspected robbers after one of the men took out a gun and shot at the officers.

"These suspects were believed to be involved in several burglaries in Penang," Salleh was quoted as saying by the Star daily.

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police busted two drug syndicates believed to be helmed by Singaporeans with the seizure of drugs worth about 1.5 million ringgit (434,783 dollars) and the arrest of 13 suspects, news reports said Thursday.

Two raids conducted by police Tuesday night in the southern state of Johor resulted in the seizure of 26 kilograms of drugs, including ketamine; nimetazepam pills, also known as Erimin 5; methamphetamines; and ecstasy.

The suspects, including two accused Singaporean masterminds, were aged 20 to 66 and were believed to be part of the syndicates that have been in operation for the past six months, acting state police chief Hisan Tun Hamzah said.

Paris - French bank Societe Generale said Monday it had suffered only "negligible" losses in the 50-billion-dollar securities fraud allegedly engineered by a leading Wall Street broker.

In a statement the bank said its exposure to Madoff Investment Securities LLC, and the so-called Ponzi scheme run by its head, Bernard L Madoff, was "below 10 million euros" (13.46 million dollars).

Manila - Three drug suspects were killed in a shootout with police officers in a southern Philippine town, a police report said Saturday.

Jakarta - An 30-year-old Indonesia man allegedly doused his girlfriend in petrol and burned her to death in a fit of jealousy, a media report said Saturday.