Article 47 of the 1987 Penal Code stipulated that anyone caught fleeing the country would be deemed as committing treason against the fatherland and be punished with a seven-year or heavier correctional labour punishment.
1987年《刑法》第47条规定，逃离国家者被视为犯有叛国罪，判七年或更长的劳动改造。