Badang
Badang is a Malay boy from Sayong Pinang, located in Johor today, Malaysia. He was the only son of two poor peasants who worked hard until the day they died. As a young man, Badang worked as a stroller for a wealthy farmer known as the Kaya Nira Sura in a place called Salung or Saluang in Aceh, Sumatra. Badang is the smallest and the weakest of the group. Their job is to clear through bushes to make way for new fields. As a servant, they will not be paid and received only a few handfuls of rice every day. This is not enough to meet the difficult job hunger, so Badang relies on fishing for extra food. He sets his trap fish along the river every evening and collects the results the next morning. One morning Badang found his traps empty. The waste bones and scales prove that someone has eaten his catch. This lasted for a few days and Badang became angry.