sentences:  He commanded troops during Bloody May, the violent 1992 crackdown on anti-government protesters, but he denied giving his men the order to shoot protesters.He was promoted to army commander during the government of Chuan Leekpai and was promoted to supreme commander in 2003, under the government of Thaksin Shinawatra.Upon his retirement from the army, he was appointed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej to the Privy Council of Thailand.