After the end of World War II, Singapore returned to British rule after four years of Japanese Occupation. Life, however, does not return to the way it was before the war. It is a time of massive unemployment, food scarcity and unsafe streets. Singapore has much to rebuild, both physically and spiritually. In this tumultuous time, one family tries to move on with their lives: Dennis Chiang, a rising legal associate in the law firm of D’Almeida & D’Almeida; June Chiang, Dennis’ cousin and clerk in the same law firm; and Mak, the matriarch of the Chiang family. Dennis is assigned his first big case – defending Nakamura, a Kempeitai (Japanese military police) torturer who has been put on trial by the British for his war crimes. Nakamura’s case is the case that no lawyer wants. Meanwhile, June encounters a young British girl, Margaret Barron, in the Malay kampong of the law firm’s former driver, Ahmad. The young girl, now called Mariam, was orphaned during the war and raised by Ahmad’s family. When Mariam’s aunt arrives to bring her back to England, Mariam does not want to go, sparking off a conflict between Ahmad’s family and the British. In between these cases, Dennis and June cut their teeth on a more personal case when Lau Leong Ann, a rich businessman, was killed by the MPAJA (Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army), and left his fortune to his adopted son, Gim Huat. Two women surface, claiming to be Gim Huat’s birth mother and the rightful heir to his fortune. June, meanwhile, is still suffering from a traumatic incident during the war, hiding a secret that her family knows nothing about – a secret that will take her on a path of revenge from which there is no turning back. (Source: Mediacorp) Edit Translation
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- Native Title: This Land Is Mine
- Also Known As:
Where to Watch This Land Is Mine
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