Lai points out that human rights work is a long-term project. Perhaps it is no longer as dangerous as it was when the object was to save people from dark jail cells, but now it puts one to even sterner tests, such as taking on twisted and deeply entrenched value systems and fighting against ethnic discrimination.
她說，人權工作是一個長久的龐大工程，現在的人權團體或許不必冒著生命危險，從黑牢中救人，卻必須面對更嚴苛的考驗，像深入人心的扭曲價值觀、族群歧視對立。