SUSPECTED drug kingpin Kerwin Espinosa allegedly gave former Justice secretary Leila de Lima a total of P8 million in exchange for protection, Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao claimed on Tuesday.

Pacquiao, who met Espinosa at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame last week, said the latter admitted to personally meeting de Lima and her driver-bodyguard Ronnie Dayan in Baguio City.

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