Anwar Idris

Shima and Haslin (Aishah) are trapped in a world of prostitution led by Farouk and his right-hand man Kassim, who is also Shima's stepfather.

The story of Almayer, a Dutch trader struggling to survive in Malaysia at the turn of the 19th Century. His dream of finding a mythical gold mountain is challenged by his scheming wife, the colonial authorities, the political machinations of the local chief and Arab traders, and his daughter's love for a freedom-fighting Malay prince.

Zaiton seduces a drifter named Amran into murdering her elderly husband, Ibrahim, to get his money and land.