This is a really sad business experience your pal went through. Small-scale business are also vital backbones of the nation's economy, so I wonder why people and the government are not very supportive. As sad as this personal anecdote of your friend is, I kinda found this part- He next hired a night security guard who was an ex-champion boxer -very funny. So the night guard really Knocked out the sabotagers or what? haha. My message basically is that we need to be supportive and be our brother's keeper. Very interesting article.