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Is this the new SDU patch?

http://i.imgur.com/PZVfACq.jpg

Had trained with other Special Force

Can someone translate this?

英國陸軍特種空勤團、英國皇家海軍陸戰隊特殊舟艇隊、英國皇家空軍、美國海軍海豹部隊、美國海軍特種作戰研究大隊、美國海軍陸戰隊、美國陸軍特種部隊、美國三角洲部隊、美國空軍、美國海岸防衛隊、美國特種武器和戰術部隊、德國聯邦警察第九國境守備隊、法國國家憲兵干預隊、韓國陸軍第707特殊任務營及以色列國境警察特勤隊等等定期與（包括邀請）特別任務連進行觀摩、交流、聯合訓練以至舉辦人員交換訓練計劃。 KuronoX (talk) 00:05, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

The machine translation is this: "The British Army Special Air Force Corps, the British Royal Marine Corps Special Boat Team, the British Royal Air Force, the US Navy Seal Force, the US Navy Special Operations Research Brigade, the US Marine Corps, the US Army Special Forces, the US Delta Force, the US Air Force, The United States Coast Guard, the United States Special Weapons and Tactical Forces, the German Federal Police Ninth National Defense Agency, the French National Gendarmerie Intervention Team, the South Korean Army 707 Special Mission Battalion and the Israeli Frontier Police Teams, etc. regularly with (including invitations) special missions Even to observe, exchange, joint training and even staff exchange training program." MereTechnicality ⚙ 15:17, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Using Googgle Translator does not help. German Federal Police Ninth National Defense? I believe it is the German GSG-9.2601:642:4200:EEB7:3C98:E5DA:69F6:21A (talk) 01:03, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Don't use the shitty translator. Get somebody with Cantonese influence to translate this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:642:4200:EEB7:3C98:E5DA:69F6:21A (talk) 16:40, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

2019–20 Hong Kong protests

I edited 2019–20 protests following concerns of reliable sources / misrepresenting source and two reverts. I checked the sources and have reworded. Instagram (Gramho) and Ming Pao Daily News had been the sources for the SDU taking part in the protests, using excessive force, taking part in operations at Prince Edward station and Polytechnic University. The Instagram account (@sl0517) was not an official account and was two photos of an officer with a SIG516 rifle claimed to be SDU. The Counter Terrorism Response Unit also uses this rifle. The Ming Pao Daily News article had a photo of an SDU police officer (officer wearing a SDU patch and carrying a MP5 firearm). Neither source claimed that SDU used excessive force or were at the two locations. Instagram photos were dated November 2019 as was Ming Pao Daily News with the Prince Edward station incident earlier in August. I kept the wording that the SDU took part in the protests as part of the Special Tactical Squad. There wasn't a source for the SDU being part of the STS. The official name for this unit seems to be Special Tactical Contingent STC from the police website. The structure of the STC according to a November 2020 High Court judgement is that its members are drawn from different operational units to perform duties on an ad hoc basis. The IPCC in a 2020 report described the STC as having members drawn from different units on an ad hoc basis including the SDU. So I kept as part of STS correcting name to STC. I removed the claim that the SDU used excessive force as no source had specifically accused the SDU and instead added Amnesty International as a source as they had reported that the STS (STC) had been accused of using excessive force. I removed Instagram and added a South Morning China Post article as a source that reported the SDU had been deployed to the protests.

The sources do have evidence police officers wore disguises such as the video in the Apple Daily article. The Apple Daily claims the officers are SDU, and another source I found New Tang Dynasty Television, I'm not sure how reliable the sources are to be certain that the officers are SDU. I kept it for now but it may be challenged. 86.9.227.81 commented in an edit that "some are tabloids" I assume referring to Apple Daily. I changed the wording to "reported" from "known to". Newtalk claimed to have identified a disguised officer as SDU as well and that the officer was doing more than provoking protestors. Again not sure how reliable Newtalk is as a source and included "reported". Separately, I added that a museum employee had been arrested for exposing a SDU observation post opposite the Polytechnic University. I didn't add a May 2020 IPCC article I came across that reported that the SDU was first deployed in November 2019.--Melbguy05 (talk) 13:34, 25 March 2021 (UTC)