Hong Kong, July 24 (DPA) A father who kicked and stomped his three-year-old son, rupturing his intestines and liver, was jailed for two years by a Hong Kong court, a newspaper reported Friday.

Lo Siu-ting, 24, had previously been convicted of mistreating the boy's five-year-old brother, the Standard said.

Lo, who pleaded guilty to wounding the three-year-old, said the incident occurred during a dispute with his pregnant 23-year-old wife.

Prosecutors said Lo kicked his wife out of bed and told her to take care of the son. When she turned on the lights and switched on the television, he hit her, they said.

Lo then kicked his son four or five times when he was hugging his mother on the floor, they added.