A solar panel company in eastern China at the center of violent protests over toxic waste apologized on Monday for the trouble it had caused and promised to clean up the mess. The protests began on Thursday, when as many as 500 people stormed a compound owned by...Jinko Solar Holding Co in Haining...The China News Service said 20 people had been detained for public disorder offences, robbery and damaging property. "Zhejiang Jinko has always paid a great deal of attention to environmental issues and complies with and follows the state's relevant demands," company spokesman Jing Zhaohui told a news conference. "In the course of doing so, this incident still happened, and we cannot shirk responsibility for the legal consequences which have come from management slips," he added...Jing also apologized for the "improper" treatment of some local reporters who had equipment smashed when they went to cover the protest, saying the people responsible had been fired and handed over to the law.