Singapore Court Fines French Student for Vending Machine Stunt Gone Viral

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. He licked a straw from an iJooz juice vending machine on March 12, then posted the video on Instagram captioned "city is not safe." iJooz replaced all 500 straws afterward. The fine sits below the S$2,000 maximum.