Manila: Authorities headed by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested a Chinese woman believed to be misrepresenting herself as a Filipino, similar to the case of former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, also known as Guo Hua Ping.

According to Philippines News Agency, arrested on Sunday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 was Wang Xiujun, 43, who is said to have been using the alias Cassia Palma Poliquit, the BI said in a news release on Monday.

Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado ordered the monitoring of Wang's travels and her arrest after the bureau received information from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) regarding her suspicious identity.

NBI dactyloscopy cross-examination of records revealed that Poliquit had the same fingerprint records as Wang, confirming that they are indeed the same person.

She arrived on board an Air Asia flight to Manila from Kuala Lumpur, and was immediately arrested by BI border control and intelligence unit (BCIU) officers.

The foreigner was immediately booked and placed in the BI warden's facility, pending deportation proceedings.

The bureau received intelligence information on her involvement in businesses selling and distributing electric vehicles in Metro Manila -- all while using a fraudulently acquired Filipino identity.

She is said to have a Philippine passport and a birth certificate, which was acquired via late registration despite being a Chinese national holding an investor's visa.

'The BI and the NBI have been strongly working together, leading to the arrest of key figures in identity theft and illegal use of Philippine documents,' the BI chief said.

The arrest is in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s directive to locate and deport foreign nationals who blatantly violate immigration laws.