A French teenager who allegedly licked a straw from an orange juice vending machine and put it back into its dispenser has been charged with committing mischief and being a public nuisance in Singapore.
Why? For Tiktok 'Likes' of course.
The company that owns the vending machine, iJooz, says it replaced all 500 straws in the machine's dispenser after the alleged incident.
And they aren't prpared to swallow that cost and laugh it off as they would in the West...
If found guilty of both charges Maximilien faces a maximum jail sentence of more than two years and thousands of dollars in fines.
I visited Singapore on holiday many years ago, and found it clean and safe like the UK used to be.
Maximilien is currently a student at the Singapore branch of the Essec Business School.
His lawyers had earlier told CNA that Maximilien's parents had flown over to Singapore and that a representative from his school would be his bailor. His case will be heard again in court on 22 May.
I hope he learned more about business than he evidently did about the culture of the country he was staying in.
1 comment:
Some years ago, in Singapore, an American youth was sentenced to being caned for causing criminal damage , which is one of the reasons that this island state is so safe. Short, sharp, shocks, designed to concentrate the mind of those contemplating similar offences. Unfortunately, in this, so called, civilised society, court ordered compensation (which is never paid) and community service (which is never completed) is seen as the appropriate punishment, which may be one of the reasons the UK is seen as one of the most unsafe countries in Europe.
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