PENANG: Saya mahu pulang. (I want to go home) were the first few words uttered by Acehnese Malawati when met by reporters at Penang Hospital where she was warded for observation after being rescued by a Malaysian fishing vessel last Friday.
Malawati, who revealed that she is now three months' pregnant with her first child, was trying to hold back tears when she said she could not wait to go home to see her husband and relatives.
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