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Singapore Student Charged for Licking Vending Machine Straw

4/27/2026

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18-year-old Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien was charged in Singapore with mischief and nuisance after licking a straw from an iJooz vending machine, sparking viral Instagram outrage.
iJooz replaced all 500 straws and began sanitation procedures.
Maximilien, an ESSEC Business School Singapore student, has his parents and a school representative as bailor.
If convicted, he faces two years in jail, fines of thousand dollars, with a court date on 22 May.

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18-year-old Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien was charged in Singapore with mischief and nuisance after licking a straw from an iJooz vending machine, sparking viral Instagram outrage.
iJooz replaced all 500 straws and began sanitation procedures.
Maximilien, an ESSEC Business School Singapore student, has his parents and a school representative as bailor.
If convicted, he faces two years in jail, fines of thousand dollars, with a court date on 22 May.