In other words Hsiao Tsu would never have had to appear in court to answer questions, but could have had her legal agent (her mother) stand in for her. Thus the United Daily News complained about a system in which "the decision of whether or not to go to court was entirely put on a 13-year-old."
因此聯合報社論也提出這樣的批評：「小慈的母親身為監護人及法定代理人，卻將小慈進出法院的決定權全推到十三歲的孩子身上。」