{"id":442936,"date":"2026-01-28T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/442936\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:53:10","slug":"chinese-ambassador-announces-joint-taskforce-in-hunt-for-man-who-threw-hot-coffee-over-brisbane-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/442936\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese ambassador announces joint taskforce in hunt for man who threw hot coffee over Brisbane baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

China’s ambassador to Australia has revealed a joint taskforce will be set up to investigate a shocking, random attack on a Brisbane baby in 2024.<\/p>\n

Nine-month-old Luka was with his family at Hanlon Park in Stones Corner when it was alleged a 33-year-old man approached them and threw a thermos of hot coffee over the infant.<\/p>\n

Luka was left with devastating burns to his chest, neck and face and has undergone at least eight surgeries since the attack.<\/p>\n

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Baby Luka’s mother put out an impassioned plea for justice almost one year after he was burned by hot coffee. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

Police believe the alleged offender flew out of Australia on August 31, 2024, days after the incident and as little as 12 hours before authorities identified him.<\/p>\n

In the months after the attack, Australian authorities confirmed the alleged offender was in China, with which Australia has no extradition arrangement.<\/p>\n

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Queensland police released this image of the wanted man after the attack. (Supplied: Queensland Police)<\/p>\n

Speaking in Canberra today, Chinese Ambassador Xiao Qian said a “working group” would travel from China to Brisbane to investigate the incident.<\/p>\n

“To talk with Australian colleagues, to see exactly what happened, how it happened, and see how both sides can work together,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We’re now preparing for the working group to come, so we are serious in addressing this concern, and we’re serious in taking the necessary actions.”\"A<\/p>\n

Baby Luka’s mother has said he has undergone synthetic skin grafts, skin needling and laser treatments in the aftermath of the attack. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Australian Federal Police said they are supportive of the delegation visiting Brisbane.<\/p>\n

A QPS spokesperson said state and federal officers “remained committed to securing justice”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China’s ambassador to Australia has revealed a joint taskforce will be set up to investigate a shocking, random…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29622,230121,230123,43,230122,44,94,131828,701,4106,41,39,42,40,230124],"class_list":["post-442936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-australian-federal-police","tag-baby-luka","tag-china-ambassador-to-australia","tag-headlines","tag-hot-coffee-attack","tag-news","tag-qld","tag-qps","tag-queensland","tag-queensland-police","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-xiao-quin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}