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SINGAPORE: An 18-year-old male teenager has been arrested following an incident where a boy had filmed himself allegedly licking a straw from an iJooz vending machine and putting the straw back.<\/p>\n
The police said on Friday (Apr 3) in response to CNA’s queries that a report was lodged and that the teenager has been arrested for public nuisance.<\/p>\n
They added that investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n
In a video posted on the Singaporeincidents.sg Instagram page, a boy is seen taking a straw from an iJooz vending machine, which serves freshly squeezed orange juice, and licking it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He then appears to place the straw into the machine again.<\/p>\n
The caption claimed that the teen posted the video on his Instagram account on Mar 12. It did not reveal the account.<\/p>\n
iJooz said on Mar 27 in response to CNA’s queries: “On the evening of Mar 24, iJooz was made aware of a video that has been circulating on social media, of a youth who filmed himself licking a straw from an iJooz vending machine and placing the straw back in to the straw dispenser.”<\/p>\n
iJooz said it lodged a police report on Mar 25 and will work with the police and other authorities on this matter.<\/p>\n
It also noted: “In the light of this incident, we have initiated additional internal checks, inspections, straw replacements and machine sanitation protocols.”<\/p>\n
iJooz added that it takes this incident “extremely seriously”. \u00a0<\/p>\n
“We are extremely apologetic and dismayed that such an incident has occurred.”\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n