Anwar Idris

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.

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.

Sarah took over the family business after his father was killed by Zaid. He does not know this because she was studying abroad. Zaid run smuggling gold out of the country. Sarah got a tender from Zaid but not agreed to by his mother because he knew the background Zaid ever cheat her. However, her mother died before she took Zaid tried in the courts. Sarah intends to reopen his case before the courts, with an ex-convict, but not agreed to by her boyfriend Inspector Mansor.

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