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Malarndirri McCarthy, the minister for Indigenous Australians, is speaking on ABC RN this morning after grief and anger ripped through Alice Springs overnight after the arrest of a man in connection with the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby.
McCarthy says there will be meetings with community elders and with Northern Territory this morning, and confirmed that the arrested man, Jefferson Lewis, had been transported to Darwin overnight.
double quotation markThere needs to be calm and there needs to be a proper process now in terms of this criminal investigation. And it must not be jeopardised by foolishness in terms of the work that has to be done for police and by police to get this investigation done appropriately.
The police have done a tremendous job here with the Alice Springs community and families, and I totally understand the deep grief that people are experiencing. But, you know, we do now have Mr Lewis in custody and he has been taken to Darwin.