SINGAPORE, May 29 -- A French teenager accused of licking a straw from a vending machine and placing it back before uploading a video of the act online has returned to Singapore after an overseas school trip, with his case adjourned to June 26.

According to The Straits Times, 18-year-old Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien appeared in court after being granted permission to leave Singapore earlier this month for a school-related trip to the Philippines.

His lawyer, Kanthan Raghavendra of Kalidass Law Corporation, had previously told the court that the trip was a graduation requirement.

Maximilien, a student at ESSEC Business School in Singapore's one-north district, was expected to be away from May 2 to May 25.

The teenager was charged on ...