French Student Fined in Singapore for Licking Vending Machine Straw in Video

A Singapore court fined 19-year-old French student Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien S$600 (US$465) on July 30 after he pleaded guilty to public nuisance — causing trouble in public. He licked a straw from a juice vending machine on March 12, then posted the video on Instagram captioned "city is not safe." The company replaced all 500 straws afterward. The fine sits below the S$2,000 maximum.