A CHINESE father has been arrested on suspicion of burying his young son alive for not doing his homework.

The dad flew into a rage apparently because the six-year-old had not completed his school work, kicking and beating him with a rock until he was unconscious, according to the Shanghai Daily.



Instead of taking the injured youngster to the hospital, he buried him on a hillside, the paper said, citing local media.



The boy's three siblings witnessed the alleged murder in Yunnan Province, southwest China, but were warned by their father not to tell anyone.



However, the suspect, referred to only as Li, is now in custody over the macabre killing, Yunnan.cn reported.



Read more at the Shanghai Daily.

Originally published as'Dad buried son alive for not doing homework'