Jais director Haris Kasim insisted the department had adhered to its standard operating procedures.
“We were only acting on a complaint,” he told FMT.
It is understood these complaints may come from neighbours, residents or even an irate wife.
This follows a news report that a policemen fell to his death from a fourth floor apartment while apparently trying to escape the religious authorities who came knocking on the door at 3am in Pandan Perdana, Cheras, yesterday.
In another operation in Puchong Perdana, another policeman was injured and hospitalised while trying to escape another such operation about the same time yesterday.
Haris urged the public not to regard such operations as “raids”.
“We do not conduct raids like those carried out in ‘sensitive areas’ or against criminals.”
The policeman’s death is not the first time raids by the religious department have led to a tragic end.
In May 2011, a former cop fell to his death from the 16th floor when he attempted to avoid arrest by the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi),.
In April 2010, a 21-year-old student also died after falling from the fifth floor of an apartment in Gombak following a raid by mosque officials.
Social observers said although khalwat offenders usually only paid a fine when charged in the shariah court, the shame, stigma and publicity following such action by religious officials was too much to bear for them.
This was especially so if those caught are celebrities or holding high positions in the civil service.