A man reaches for the straw compartment of an iJooz vending machine, outside a mall in Singapore, on April 28, 2026. ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP
A French teen facing criminal charges in Singapore for a straw licking stunt was, on Wednesday, April 29, granted permission to leave the country for three weeks on pledges to return.
The 18-year-old is accused of posting a video of himself on social media, in which he put a straw he had licked back into the dispenser on an orange juice vending machine. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien's clip went viral and triggered a backlash that led to his arrest in Singapore, which has a reputation for not tolerating bad behaviour.
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