Nghe An: Teachers quit their jobs because of “terrorist” debt collection

On May 27, Ms. Hoang Thi Phuong Thao – Head of the Education and Training Department of Vinh City (Nghe An) said that this unit is asking schools in the area to review and make a list of teachers who have debt collection. in the style of “terrorist” in the past time to coordinate with the Vinh City Police to clarify the matter.

Vinh City Department of Education and Training also suggested that school leaders closely manage officials, employees and teachers in mortgage activities. At the same time, it is recommended that teachers need to choose reputable financial institutions and banks to borrow money when needed. In case of being grafted, slandered or smeared on social networks, it is necessary to report to the police for handling.

The principal of a preschool in Vinh city was posted on social media by collage

According to Ms. Thao, over the past time, many teachers in the area have been repeatedly called by a number of people claiming to be from a financial company to collect debts. This group constantly texted and called to collect debt, causing the lives of some teachers to turn upside down. Thao was also constantly threatened even though she did not borrow money.

“They called constantly, sometimes claiming to be from a financial company, sometimes asking me to direct this or that woman to pay. They also said, if you can’t do it, quit your job,” Thao said.

According to Ms. Thao, due to the “terrorist” style of debt collection, many teachers had to quit their jobs because of too much pressure, some teachers even thought of committing suicide, fortunately the incident was discovered in time.

Ms. LTH (teacher of a preschool in Vinh city) said that in 2014, she took out an unsecured loan from a financial company belonging to a bank with 15 million dong to repair her house. According to the contract, this loan will be repaid within 24 months. However, after only 12 months of borrowing, she has fully paid off this debt. Calling the switchboard, Ms. H was also confirmed to have settled the debt.

Ms. Tram Anh was threatened with a sex photo collage because she blocked the number of the debt collection group

However, in 2017, Ms. H. suddenly received a phone call from debt collectors, informing her that she still owed 6 million dong. Feeling too unreasonable, Ms. H. suggested that these people come to her to work directly but were not met.

Since then, Ms. H and her relatives have been repeatedly threatened by phone calls and “terrorists”. “They called and said that I still owed 6 million dong, then 10 million dong. They have harassed me for the past 5 years, most recently they announced that the debt has reached 100 million VND”, said Ms. H. and said that not only her relatives, many teachers at her school were also punished because of her.

After that, Ms. H. had to change schools, but this group continued to stalk and call to “terrorize” teachers and principals at the new school to ask Ms. H. to pay. Over pressure, more than 1 month ago, Ms. H. decided to quit her job and change her phone number so as not to disturb her colleagues.

An official from Vinh City’s Department of Education and Training said that, through the review, last time About 20 teachers were “terrorized” to collect debts. Ms. Tran Thi Tram Anh – Principal of Nguyen Truong To Secondary School (Vinh city) said that although she did not borrow money anywhere, recently, she and her relatives have been constantly “terrorized” by bad guys. threaten to prosecute if they do not ask their subordinates to pay.

Not only teachers, many people in Nghe An were also asked for debt in the same way, even threatening to bring flowers and coffins to the office to pick them up.

“They call and text all the time. Not only myself, but also my family and children studying in Hanoi, they also called to ask a teacher to repay the debt”, Ms. Tram Anh said and said that the initial debt was from 6 million VND, now we have to pay the debt. claim more than 13 million. But when working with the teacher who was in debt collection, she said she did not borrow money from any organization.

Mr. Tran Xuan Tinh – Head of Education and Training Department of Yen Thanh district said that he was also repeatedly called by bad guys to “request to quit” if he did not direct his subordinates to pay the debt. “It’s very annoying, but when they block this number, they use another number to call,” Mr. Tinh said.

Faced with the above situation, recently, the Nghe An Department of Education and Training has asked the education departments and units under the department to report the list of officials and teachers who have been “terrorized” to collect debts to the department, so that the department can transfer it to the department. investigation and handling by police.

Nghe An Department of Education and Training also requires officials, teachers and employees not to borrow money from lending groups through social networking sites, phone numbers, leaflets, loan apps of unknown origin. or through intermediate objects.

In case officials, teachers, employees have borrowed money from organizations and individuals (via the internet or other credit institutions) have paid or have not paid enough, are threatened, persecuted, need to report with unit leaders to find solutions.

According to www.phunuonline.com.vn