A 19-year-old French student was fined 600 Singapore dollars ($465) on Thursday after pleading guilty to public nuisance for filming himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back.

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

SINGAPORE, July 30 — A French teenager who filmed himself licking a straw before returning it to an orange juice vending machine dispenser has been fined S$600 (RM1,900), after...