For “bullying”: UNAB ends contract with collection company that attacked a debtor student at home | National



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The Andres Bello University announced this Wednesday, through a statement, that it terminated the contract with the company accused of assaulting a young student, after one of its workers went to his home to collect a college debt from you.

The facts, released by Chilevisión, involve the collection company remittance and the third year law student Francisco Jorquera that, after losing his job in the middle of the health crisis, accumulated a debt close to $ 300,000.

In the newscast, the future lawyer accused that “until a month ago they called me constantly, almost every day, until I had to change my cell phone so they would stop calling me. It is unacceptable that a company, because one has an education debt (…) send a thug to charge me“.

In the images, captured through a security camera of the condominium where the young man lives, it is appreciated how the worker threatens him and physically assaults him -even breaking his clothes- after Jorquera refused to sign the collection notice.

Capture | CHV

In the statement, the Andrés Bello University stated that “in the case of the publicly known student, we want to be emphatic in pointing out that respect for our students and any member of our community is a fundamental part of the institution (…) so we categorically reject any contrary procedure to these principles ”.

They added that “given the above, The University has made the decision to end the contractual relationship with the collection company Remesa and it is evaluating all (the) corresponding legal actions to prevent situations like these from happening again ”.

In the letter, the house of studies reiterated its support for the law student and announced that it made available “the legal team for any action that they wanted to take to protect their rights.

UNAB statement



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