Original sentence: Falun Gong denied that those people could have been practitioners, citing parts of the teachings which forbid suicide and killing, at the same time claiming the event was staged by the Chinese government into deceiving the public to escalate the suppression.Since the event, Falun Gong's reputation has been severely damaged.The Chinese government and media claimed the people to be Falun Gong practitioners; the survivers, too, stated in the presence of state-run media that they were Falun Gong practitioners and committed the act in accordance with the teachings of Falun Gong.The Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident was an incident occurring on January 23, 2001, in Tiananmen Square, Beijing in which seven people engaged in self-immolation and attempted to light themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square.The government then compared Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Gong, to Adolf Hitler.The government used the young 12 year old victim as a lesson to young children, pointing out that Falun Gong was harmful to children
Edited sentence: Falun Gong denied that those people could have been practitioners, citing parts of the teachings which forbid suicide and killing, at the same time claiming the event was staged by the Chinese government into deceiving the public to escalate the persecution.The Communist party then compared Li Hongzhi, founder of Falun Gong, to Adolf Hitler.The Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident was an event broadcasted nationally in the People's Republic of China by CCTV on Chinese new year January 23, 2001.The broadcast proclaimed the self-immolators as Falun Gong members.The event consisted of 7 people who attempted to light themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square.The government explicitly used the young 12 year old victim as a lesson to young children, pointing out that Falun Gong was harmful to children.The incident has mostly been dismissed as a hoax and staged event created by the Communist Party of China   Since the event, Falun Gong's reputation has been severely damaged