A country has its laws just as a family has its rules. The government may let a liar go unpunished, but the judicial authorities are entitled to handle and must take up a case involving those who are suspected of seriously challenging the state and the dignity of the law by harboring a criminal with a high price on his head.
國有國法，家有家規，對於說虛謊之言的，政府或可不必究辦；但對於涉嫌窩藏一個懸有重賞的嫌犯，嚴重地向國家與法律尊嚴挑戰，司法當局即有權、且必須受理此案。