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 the stunt forced the operator to replace all 500 straws in the dispenser.

Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of being a public nuisance and was sentenced today.

The incident took place at Goldhill Centre on Thomson Road on March 12, according to The Straits Times.

The court heard that Maximilien removed a straw from an iJooz vending machine, licked it and placed it back in the dispenser while filming himself.

He later uploaded the footage to social media, where it sparked an uproar.

iJooz, which operates vending machines selling f...