Original sentence: Falun Gong has been the focus of international attention since July 20, 1999, when the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) began a nationwide persecution, except in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.Particular concerns have been raised over reports of torture and illegal imprisonment of Falun Gong practitioners in China.Several governments, international human rights organizations and scholars consider the ban a human rights violation.The Chinese government claims to have banned the group for "illegal" activities
Edited sentence: Concerns have been raised over reports by human rights organizations alleging torture and illegal imprisonment of Falun Gong practitioners in China.Falun Gong claims that these accusations are fabricated and it was banned due to the communist regime's atheist nature and intolerance of other beliefs, as well as Jiang's personal jealousy over the growing success of the movement and that he could not control people's hearts and minds.Falun Gong has been the focus of international attention since July 20, 1999, when the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) began a nationwide clampdown, except in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.The PRC government claims to have banned the evil cult for illegal and seditious activities, such as advocating superstition and spreading fallacies, hoodwinking people, inciting and creating disturbances, causing unnecessary deaths of its practitioners and jeopardizing China's overall social harmony and stability