A Singapore court fined a 19-year-old French student S$600 (£348) after he licked a straw from an orange juice vending machine and returned it to the dispenser, then posted the video on Instagram. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, who is studying in Singapore, pleaded guilty to one count of public nuisance after the clip, captioned "city is not safe", provoked widespread disgust online and was picked up by local news outlets.

The vending machine operator, iJooz, said it replaced all 500 straws in the affected dispenser following the incident, which took place at a machine in the Goldhill Centre on 12 March after Maximilien had been boxing. Public nuisance carries a maximum penalty in Singapore of a S$2,000 fine, three months' imprisonment, or both, and both prosecutors and the defence had asked for a fine. His lawyer told The Straits Times that Maximilien was "truly sorry" and had not anticipated the seriousness of the consequences.