Original sentence: Part of the title of the main report prepared by the committee has become synonymous with the affair: a certain maritime incident.The Children Overboard Affair was an Australian political controversy which arose in 2001 when the government claimed that “a number of children had been thrown overboard” from a “suspected illegal entry vessel” (or SIEV) which had been intercepted by HMAS Adelaide off Christmas Island
Edited sentence: Part of the title of the main report prepared by the committee has become synonymous with the scandal: a certain maritime incident.The Children Overboard Affair was an Australian political scandal which arose in 2001 when the government claimed that “a number of children had been thrown overboard” from a “suspected illegal entry vessel” (or SIEV) which had been intercepted by HMAS Adelaide off Christmas Island