Cannot receive short code SMS - Android General

Hi,
I bought a Dazen Coolpad F2 8675-W00 phone with Android 4.4.4 on it and found I'm not able to receive any SMS sent by short code numbers, e.g., my bank sends me OTP codes using short code SMS. I don't have any problem receiving SMS from normal mobile numbers. And when I put the same SIM card in another phone, I don't have this issue.
I installed Google Messenger and set it as the deafult SMS app but still it is the system's SMS app (no longer the deafult SMS app) which gets notified when a new SMS arrives. There's still no chance to receive any short code SMS.
After some debugging, I listed SMS receivers on my phone (Google Messenger uninstalled):
com.android.mms.transaction.PrivilegedSmsReceiver, priority = 2147483647
com.yulong.android.security.blacklist.receiver.InComingSmsReceiver, priority = 2147483647
com.yulong.android.antitheft.deamon.relative.SmsRelativeReceiver, priority = 2147483647
com.yulong.android.security.ui.application.SecurityBootReceiver, priority = 0
com.google.android.gms.icing.proxy.SmsMonitor, priority = 0
My guess is either the 2nd or the 3rd receiver blocks short code SMS and calls abortBroadcast(). Any ides how I can investigate the issue further?
Many thanks,
Tom

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