Many employers out searching for their ex-maids have been tempted by this argument, but Liu is adamant about not hiring an illegal. "This is exactly the problem--veryone's trying to do things on the cheap. The reason there's so much cheating is that the government doesn't impose heavy enough fines on illegal employers."
但是劉大川堅持不聘用非法外勞，「就是大家都貪圖方便才有這樣的問題，而且究其原因，政府對非法雇主的處罰不重才會有如此的積弊」，他說。