French student pleads guilty and is fined for a straw-licking stunt in Singapore

French student pleads guilty and is fined for a straw-licking stunt in Singapore  Toronto Star

A French student has been fined in Singapore for licking a straw from a juice vending machine and putting it back in what lawyers described as a social media stunt

A French student has been fined in Singapore for licking a straw from a juice vending machine and putting it back in what lawyers described as a social media stunt

French student pleads guilty and is fined for a straw-licking stunt in Singapore  AP News

A French teenager who posted a video of himself licking a straw and returning it to an iJooz vending machine in Singapore was fined S$600 (US$465) for public nuisance on Thursday. The clip had gone viral after someone in his Instagram circle recorded it and forwarded the footage to a media outlet, the defence said. Did

The 19-year-old was "truly sorry" for causing trouble, his lawyers said.

The 19-year-old took the contaminated straw with him after collecting the drink.