Original sentence: " According to Amnesty International's report: "All the information available indicates that the crackdown is politically motivated, with legislation being used retroactively to convict people on politically-driven charges, and new regulations introduced to further restrict fundamental freedoms.Interpol apparently rejected the warrant, on the grounds that it would not intervene in the absence of charges "in matters of a political or religious character.Li admits changing the date, stating that July 7 was a bureaucratic error made during the Cultural Revolution which he merely changed later and has not drawn particular significance to it.The date of his birth is disputed: According to Li Hongzhi, he was born on May 13 (the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar), 1951 ;  the Chinese government,after the onset of the persecution of Falun Gong, claimed that he was actually born on July 7, 1952 and that he "changed his date of birth to coincide with the birthday of Sakyamuni"
Edited sentence: According to Amnesty International's report: "All the information available indicates that the crackdown is politically motivated, with legislation being used retroactively to convict people on politically-driven charges, and new regulations introduced to further restrict fundamental freedoms.He is the head of millions of Falun Gong practitioners, although the precise figure is unknown.Interpol apparently rejected the warrant, on the grounds that it would not intervene in the absence of charges for ordinary crimes in matters of a political or religious character.Li admits changing the date, claiming that July 7 was a bureaucratic error made during the Cultural Revolution.The date of his birth is disputed: Li claims he was born on May 13 (the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar), 1951 ;  the Chinese government claims that he was actually born on July 7, 1952 and that he "changed his date of birth to coincide with the birthday of Sakyamuni"