T

he common sight of giving donations in Indonesia apparently inspired a foreigner to earn money for himself on behalf of a charity.

However, instead of receiving more donations, Abdul Khalik, 48, will be deported to his country of origin, Pakistan.

The man had allegedly been asking for donations and pocketing the cash for over a month until he came to SMAN 1 Depok state senior high school in Depok, West Java, on Thursday afternoon.

The school's principal, Achmadi, said Khalik came to the school in a tidy outfit and a peci (cone-shaped cap). He first talked in English to the security guard, who could not understand him.

The security guard later accompanied him to meet a school staff member, Irwan Syarief, who could speak English. Khalik handed out a charity proposal to Irwan, asking for a donation.

'He was mad when he was given Rp 10,000 [US$1]. He followed the staff member everywhere, nagging for more money,' Achmadi told The Jakarta Post on Friday, adding that he had never experienced anything like this in the school.

He said it was funny to watch Khalik's behavior on the closed circuit television system (CCTV) footage.

He was seen kissing the hand of a teacher from another school who was also visiting SMAN 1 to ask for a donation.

Depok Immigration Office head Arief Munandar said Khalik had been detained and would be deported from Indonesia for disturbing the public and violating his visa permit, breaching Article 75 and 122 of the 2011 Immigration Law.

Arief said Khalik told people he was from a Pakistani foundation called Idara Khidmat E-AAMA.

He had been visiting houses and schools to collect money since he arrived on March 3. Khalik told the people he was collecting jihad funds and donations for orphans in Pakistan.

'We will ask for cooperation from the Pakistani Embassy to help us deport him,' Arief said.

The immigration office has confiscated Khalik's passport, visa, a number of proposal letters that he had used to collect donations and the Rp 10 million in cash that he had allegedly earned from donations.

Officials from the Pakistani Embassy refused to comment on the matter, saying they had not received any information from the Indonesian authorities.

Indonesia is a destination country and a transit point for migrants trying to reach Australia.

The migrants have come from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iran and Myanmar, among other countries.

Many migrants travel on small boats to reach one of the small islands in the archipelago and keep themselves from being detected.