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- A Singapore court has fined a 19-year-old French student, Didier Caspar Owen Maximilien, 600 Singapore dollars (about Rs 45,000) for taking a straw from a juice vending machine, licking it, and putting it back.
- He admitted to the charge of causing public nuisance after he posted an Instagram video of the act with the caption that the city was not safe, which went viral.
- The company operating the machine, iJooz, replaced all 500 straws in it following the incident.
- Such public nuisance offences in Singapore can carry a maximum fine of 2,000 Singapore dollars, up to three months in jail, or both.
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- Whether the fine remains final or any further legal steps follow
- Any response or further action from iJooz regarding machine hygiene
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Named Singapore · iJuice · Channel News Asia · Didier Caspard Owen Maximilien · Instagram · The Straits Times
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