他指銅鑼灣書店係一家根據香港法律下合法經營的小書店，喺香港寄書亦是合法行為，若中國大陸認為他喺香港違反了中國嘅法律，應該喺法庭以法律途徑檢控佢。林又表示，由於李波複製客戶資料，目前中央已獲得銅鑼灣書店讀者嘅訂書紀錄，涉及大約以內地人為主嘅500到600名客戶，亦有包括香港人，涉及嘅書籍合共有約4，000本。
He pointed out that Causeway Bay Bookstore is a small bookstore legally operating under Hong Kong law, and it is also legal to send books in Hong Kong, and if Chinese mainland believes that he has violated Chinese law in Hong Kong, he should be prosecuted in court through legal channels. Lam also said that as a result of Li Bo's copying of customer information, the Central Government has now obtained the book order records of readers of Causeway Bay Bookstore, involving about 500 to 600 customers, mainly mainlanders, and also Hong Kong people, involving a total of about 4,000 books.