ALLEGED drug lord Kerwin Espinosa appeared before a local court hearing his drug case on Friday without counsel and amid concerns raised over his security following the ambush-slay of his lawyer on Monday.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) presented Espinosa before Judge Silvino Pampilo of Branch 26 of the Manila Regional trial Court (RTC) who rejected his handwritten note in lieu of his presence.

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