It's malaya, 1949. After studying law at cambridge and time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals, yun ling teoh, herself the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the ju...It's malaya, 1949. After studying law at cambridge and time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals, yun ling teoh, herself the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed plantations of northern malaya where she grew up as a child.