Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien charged over vending machine straw-licking video

7 articles · Updated · NBC News · Apr 30

The 18-year-old French student was charged in Singapore on 24 April over an incident at a shopping mall on 12 March and is due back in court on 29 May.
A court allowed him to travel to Manila from 2-25 May for a graduation-required school trip. IJooz said it sanitized the dispenser and replaced all 500 straws.
The company plans individually packaged straws and locked compartments released only after payment. In tightly regulated Singapore, mischief can bring up to two years in prison, while public nuisance carries lighter penalties.

In a nation known for caning foreigners, what fate awaits the French teen who licked a straw for social media fame?

When a viral trend clashes with Singapore's strict laws, which will bend: global youth culture or the 'nanny state'?

Is the teen the only one on trial, or does his viral prank put social media's influence on youth under scrutiny?