Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. pleads not guilty to murder charges . Andal Ampatuan Sr. , the father of the accused mayor , saying he would be kidnapped if he filed the papers himself . Charges filled against him in over November massacre in Maguindanao province . The mayor is accused of ordering the killings and has denied any involvement. Nov. 23 massacre killed 57 people ; thirty journalists were among the dead .
Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. pleads not guilty to murder charges . Charges filled against him in over November massacre in Maguindanao province . The mayor is accused of ordering the killings and has denied any involvement. Nov. 23 massacre killed 57 people ; thirty journalists were among the dead .