{"id":198645,"date":"2026-07-30T02:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198645"},"modified":"2026-07-30T02:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:51:00","slug":"french-student-behind-straw-licking-stunt-in-singapore-fined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198645","title":{"rendered":"French student behind straw-licking stunt in Singapore fined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p><cite class=\"source__cite vossi-source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location vossi-source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Singapore<wbr\/><\/span><span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">AP<\/span><wbr\/><span class=\"source__separator\">\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/cite><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75ay88001y27qp53hc97zn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A French student was fined 600 Singapore dollars ($465) after pleading guilty Thursday to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/28\/asia\/french-teen-singapore-lick-straw-intl-hnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a public nuisance charge in Singapore for filming himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back<\/a> in what lawyers described as a social media stunt.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75egc100032e6izmb6k34t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, admitted to licking the straw and returning it to the vending machine while recording the act for his online followers. It happened at a shopping mall in March and he was charged in April after his video spread rapidly.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75egc100042e6ii1qy6qlz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Another  charge of mischief was taken into consideration during sentencing. The  court imposed the fine and did not order any community-based sentence  after considering mitigating factors.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75egc100052e6ioqrwj6gy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The public nuisance charge  carries a penalty of up to three months in prison. Prosecutors sought  only the maximum fine of 2,000 Singapore dollars ($1,551), saying the  staged act was intended for social media and risked undermining  confidence in the hygiene of a commonly used vending machine.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75egc100062e6ibpdns5mk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            They  noted Maximilien retrieved the straw himself, no member of the public  used it, there was no evidence of harm, he was young and pleaded guilty  at the earliest opportunity.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75egc100072e6ile2gytik@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Maximilien studies in a business  school in Singapore, but prosecutors told the court he would also be in  France from September to December as part of his studies.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75egc100082e6il08pjwnd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Prosecutors  said immigration authorities will decide if Maximilien can keep his  student pass in Singapore after considering all relevant factors.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75egc200092e6i9bb3hn94@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Defense  counsel Kalidass Murugayan said the student has been living in  Singapore without family support and expressed deep remorse for his  actions. He said the video was a stunt for social media followers and  that Maximilien later removed the contaminated straw from the machine to  use for his own drink, meaning it was never intended for anyone else.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75egc2000a2e6iuiwavtbr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHe  is truly sorry for having caused all this trouble,\u201d the lawyer said.  His parents will ensure that he paid the fine himself, the counsel  added. The student left the court without speaking to reporters.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75egc2000b2e6igwoxm3sl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            IJooz,  the company operating the juice vending machine, filed a police report  over the stunt and sanitized the dispenser while replacing all 500  straws in the machine. It has said it would upgrade its machines to  include measures such as individually packaged straws and compartments  that unlock only after the transaction is completed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cms75egc2000c2e6ih967dc3d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Singapore, a  densely populated city-state, tightly regulates public behavior and  cleanliness and has strong penalties for littering and vandalism.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/30\/asia\/singapore-fines-french-student-intl-hnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SingaporeAP\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 A French student was fined 600 Singapore dollars ($465) after pleading guilty Thursday to a public nuisance charge in Singapore for filming himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back in what lawyers described as a social media stunt. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, admitted to licking the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/gettyimages-2287567801.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194771,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194771","url_meta":{"origin":198645,"position":0},"title":"Hackers are targeting WhatsApp users, virus spreading in the name of business documents","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"If you use WhatsApp Desktop or WhatsApp Web then you need to be extra careful. 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