MANILA — Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said there may be more foreign nationals pretending to be Filipinos after the National Bureau of Investigation said suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and Chinese national Guo Hua Ping are the same person based on fingerprints. 

He said the Senate is looking into reports of foreigners buying up land and possibly misusing the process for the late registration of births. 

"[T]itingnan natin yung kabuuan na nangyari. Tingin ko marami pang 'Alice Guo' na nasa labas eh. Nandyan-dyan lang eh, hindi lang high profile," Gatchalian told Teleradyo Serbisyo.

He said that Guo came under scrutiny because of her political office and the raid on the POGO compound in her town, but that there may be others who are buying up and developing land despite a ban on foreign ownership.

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"Alam ko marami pang ganito na nandiyan-diyan lang at iyan ang dapat nating ma-imbestigahan mabuti dahil may mga balita kami kahapon sa isang interview, may mga balita kami na sa iba't-ibang parte ng ating bansa may mga — allegedly, ha, allegedly — may mga Chinese o dayuhan na bumibili ng lupa," he said.

He added: "Dapat nga tingnan natin itong mas malaking larawan — the bigger picture — para makita natin yung mga modus operandi na ginagawa nitong mga taong 'to."

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A certain Guo Hua Ping came to the Philippines as a teen while using a Chinese passport, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has recommended the cancellation of Guo’s birth certificate. — AC Coloma, ABS-CBN News