Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, an 18-year-old French teenager, faces charges of mischief and public nuisance in Singapore for licking a straw from a vending machine. The incident occurred on 12 March and was widely shared on social media. He was charged on 24 April and has not yet entered a plea. The vending machine company, IJooz, reported the incident and took measures to sanitize the machine. The teenager has been allowed to travel for a school trip and is scheduled to return to court on 29 May.
"Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 18, was charged on 24 April and has not entered a plea, the city-state's largest English-language newspaper, the Straits Times, reported."
"Mischief carries a penalty of up to two years in prison or a fine, or both, while public nuisance is less severe with up to three months in prison or a fine, or both."
"IJooz, the company operating the juice vending machine, filed a police report, and sanitised the dispenser while replacing all 500 straws in the machine."
"Singapore, a small, densely populated city-state, tightly regulates public behaviour and cleanliness, including restrictions such as limits on chewing gum and strong penalties for littering, graffiti and vandalism."
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